"competitive" public high school

Backtothestars
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:16:43 +0000

Hm. The term competitive is pretty subjective.

I think my school is competitive. We have plenty of APs- two AP english classes, AP Micro and Macro, Euro, American History, AP French/Spanish, AP Bio/Chem/Physics, AP Psych… probably more that I can’t remember. Even the college prep classes are hard- I’m only in CP Precalc this year and the teacher doesn’t take it easy on us at all. The entire Math department isn’t allowed to curve tests or give extra credit, if you fail, you fail.

Plus, my school has some pretty smart kids. 1 ED to Yale, Cornell, U Penn and Columbia; plus plenty of deferrals to MIT. There are probably more that I just don’t know about, I’m not very connected when it comes to knowing about these things. I also know that a lot more kids applied RD than ED, so a lot of people are still waiting.

I know that probably isn’t at all competitive compared to some schools, but that’s just my opinion. I actually like my school- the teachers are good, and while some of the kids in my grade are complete slackers, I feel that the majority are interesting and smart.