Americas's Best High Schools

[techs]

http://finance.yahoo.com/college-ed...-best-high-schools-2010?mod=edu-k12_education


Mine came in at number 31.
Though what's interesting is that when I went there 35 years ago it was like 35 percent Jewish and like 3 percent Asian. Now its 65 percent Asian.

 

[Vette73]

OK maybe I am missing it but what does Minority Enrollment mean to them? Just black?
Cause the #1 school is in my area and I know asians make up a whole lot more then 4.9%. I think whites are the majority with asians right behind them then a mix of black/hispanic/etc...

 

[Linflas]

I got suspended for smoking in the bathroom at the #1 on that list.

 

[Vette73]

I got suspended for smoking in the bathroom at the #1 on that list.

Killing brain cells, hows that going to help their ranking. :awe:

 

[Crono]

Went to #63

I is a Technite and has some goods edumakayshion

Full 100 here:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/educ...ericas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html

 

[techs]

Went to #63

I is a Technite and has some goods edumakayshion

Full 100 here:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/educ...ericas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html

hehe. Brooklyn Tech. We hated you guys at Stuyvesant.

 

[RoloMather]

I don't give a crap.

 

[skace]

I'd never trust sending my kid to "Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School", what the hell does that even mean.

 

[bignateyk]

I'd never trust sending my kid to "Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School", what the hell does that even mean.

lol

 

[Newbian]

I don't give a crap.

Well that's what you get for not going to school.

 

[RoloMather]

Well that's what you get for not going to school.

ma Pa sayz I don't kne no fancy shamzy eddukacion

 

[Crono]

hehe. Brooklyn Tech. We hated you guys at Stuyvesant.

Lol I know. I was at Tech in 2001 when Stuy's building was evacuated for a while after 9/11 because of its proximity to WTC. Everyone resented having all the Stuy students using the building after us because some obnoxious students left retarded notes about how our school and building sucked. I had friends from MS in Stuy and Bronx Sci, so I was alright with all 3 of the specialized science schools, even though there was a supposed rivalry.

I ended up moving to suburbs junior year, so I was only at Tech for half of HS.

 

[Tangerines]

The rankings don't include private schools, and are basically weighted according to how many AP exams the students take. I wouldn't put too much stock into them.

 

[lurk3r]

This list is kinda like watching the special Olympics.

 

[Miramonti]

I got suspended for smoking in the bathroom at the #1 on that list.

Way to maximize an opportunity, lol.

 

[Linflas]

Way to maximize an opportunity, lol.

Heh, TJ was just another crappy Fairfax County High School when that happened, not the high tech magnet school it is today. They just happened to have a planetarium so other high schools in the county would take field trips over there to use it.

 

[Demo24]

Not that hard to be good when you hardly enroll anyone, although number 1 does have a decent enrollment. Most of the rest are pretty low if that's for all 4 years.

 

[ChanHo78]

damn my HS that I paid 15k/year isn't on the list... I feel like a morpon.

 

[Crono]

damn my HS that I paid 15k/year isn't on the list... I feel like a morpon.

Don't worry. I doubt you are a "morpon".

 

[SirStev0]

A good third (probably more like 7/8th) based on name, are all prep schools. Don't think that should really count.

 

[Hacp]

Don't worry. I doubt you are a "morpon".

lol

 

[Brainonska511]

A list based heavily on students taking AP tests is dumb. Schools make themselves look better by filtering students into those classes, even if they aren't ready. My old HS has essentially removed honors classes in places where there are AP classes available to take its place. And I've spoken with some of my old teachers about that situation - they mention that the AP classes are being watered down. It's pretty ridiculous.

 

[Vette73]

A good third (probably more like 7/8th) based on name, are all prep schools. Don't think that should really count.

Teh overall majority are public schools. But they are public schools where they take the top kids from each school and make 1 school and then brag about it.
So the ratings are not about the school, but the best students they can place in 1 school. So it should be "rankings of best group of students".

 

[darkxshade]

20. Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School

 

[hanoverphist]

OK maybe I am missing it but what does Minority Enrollment mean to them? Just black?
Cause the #1 school is in my area and I know asians make up a whole lot more then 4.9%. I think whites are the majority with asians right behind them then a mix of black/hispanic/etc...

black, hispanic or amer indian. in the top 100 list they have that note in a tooltip.

is it me or is there no large schools included in this? most schools were listed as less than 1000 kids over 4 grades. my hs had that in my class alone. close to 3500 kids in the whole school. i wonder how biased (or if any) the results were?