Hard school- any disadvantage?

Pharmagal
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:07:01 +0000

Not all High schools in US are mediocre.

Magnet schools or academies and many blue ribbon schools in the Northeast are very elite, extremly competitive, and comparable to EU HSs. Admission at these schools is highly selective, exacting, and pretty rigorous …generally accepting only top 3-5 students from each school district. These magnet schools have different academies within their system ranging from Comp Sci, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Business, Arts, and Culinary to name a few.

Over and above required courses, they offer College level specialized courses within each academy. For exa, the medical academy offers prep courses in Pharmacology, Cell Bio, Biochem, Anatomy and Physiology.

A significant % of student who graduate from these HSs do get accepted in BS/MD, or BS/OD programs. I think this route is very similar to the route available to medical/optometry students in EU and in Asia.

However, when you see the overall US picture, I guess this represents a very small percentage of US student population.