What's your HS like?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>All White</p>

<p>Small class
all related</p>

<p>guess my school</p>

42

<p>My school is different than most. I go to a high school that’s integrated into a community college campus. Only 11th and 12th graders are permitted to attend, so my class is extremely small-- about 60 students. It’s pretty diverse; there are lot of minority students. </p>

<p>The school offers one of the more rigorous courseloads in the area, preceded by a couple magnet schools and private schools. However, the school itself sucks pretty badly. There are only a select few who actually strive to achieve. Most either stay at the community college or go to a state university. I’ve only heard of two students who’ve gone to some of the higher ranked universities (Yale and Vassar, I believe). </p>

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<p>Urban; approx. 1.5k students. 60% African American; 39% white; 1% other.</p>

<p>High school is terrible; as Swimmer’s school did, my school has lowered the passing grade to ensure that everyone passes. Median ACT score is like a 22. It’s more of a temple dedicated to the worship of football than a high school.</p>

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<p>Suburban; nyc metro area; pretty diverse; around 2,500 kids
There’s a huge gap between kids who want to do well and those who don’t care at all. We offer 20 AP classes but only the top 100 of each class bother to take them so you’re basically with the same people all day. Top 5% usually go to the top schools and we send 1-2 kids to Ivies every year but the majority go to SUNYs or community college or no college at all. A lot of prerequisites because of the NYS regents so you can only take 1-2 APs sophomore year and 4-5 junior and senior year. Competitiveness depends on each class. The kids come from just about every economic background possible. Teachers are not always the best and your AP exam grades almost always depend solely on how much effort you put in.</p>

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<p>Urban; 1400 students (approx.); 65% African American, 32% White, 3% other.</p>

<p>Top high school in the district (#1 out of 5)…Pretty good in sports and academic teams. Offers a variety of clubs and honor societies. The 2013 State AP Scholar came from my school. He took 20 AP Exams and scored a 5 on 17 and a 4 on 3.</p>

<p>My school offers: 22 of the 34 (upcoming: 37) AP Courses

  1. AP Art History
  2. AP Biology
  3. AP Calculus AB
  4. AP Calculus BC
  5. AP Chemistry
  6. AP English Language and Composition
  7. AP English Literature and Composition
  8. AP Environmental Science
  9. AP European History
  10. AP French Language and Culture
  11. AP Human Geography
  12. AP Latin
  13. AP Macroeconomics
  14. AP Microeconomics
  15. AP Music Theory
  16. AP Physics B
  17. AP Psychology
  18. AP Spanish Language and Culture
  19. AP Statistics
  20. AP Studio Art: 3D
  21. AP United States History
  22. AP United States Government and Politics</p>

<p>We also offer Arabic, German, and Japanese.</p>

46

<p>There’s a little over 1000 kids…in my grade haha. My school is urban and huge. There is roughly 4,800 high school students, but it is the best public school in the state. It’s pretty competitive too since there’s a lot of smart people, which is basically why we don’t have class rank or valedictorian.</p>

<p>There is a huge divide between the smart people who take honors classes and the kids in regular classes. We don’t have many African Americans or Hispanics, we have a good amount of Asians, which contributes to the schools competitiveness. The kids here are a bit snobby to be honest because the city is one of the richest in our little Midwestern state. </p>

<p>A big school can be good though, our sports teams and performing arts are top notch but also super competitive. We also have nearly all of the AP classes except AP Chinese. And a ton of other random courses. </p>

<p>I like the school. It’s a bit too stuck up, but it’s basically like a mini-college. Oh and we also have our own planetarium. Not kidding.</p>