<p>Poog- hmm, whitman is far superior to the other schools? i really think we are quite equal to wootton and to churchill. i believe whitman is better than wj, and better than RM but that includes the IB program, which gets students from all over the county. the fact that you believe whitman is better is just because that’s what whitman says…have you visited the other schools? have friends there? </p>
<p>i also disagree with your statement that seniors generally take 1-2 APs. this year i am taking 3 classes that are almost all seniors, and 1 that is half seniors, and most of them are taking 3-5APs. the problem is that there are many students that take none. this may have to do with the mark twain program as well as the fact that whitman really does not encourage students to take APs if they aren’t doing very well in regular/honors courses.</p>
<p>Yeah I do have friends at other schools. We have the highest graduation rate, our average SAT is the highest, and we have the highest rate of passing the county assessment exams. I really hate how competetive Whitman is, however. I am one of the said Seniors who will only be taking 1 AP next year.
Whitman > Richard Montgomery > Churchill > Wootton > WJ > B-CC</p>
<p>graduation rates are so high at all of the schools that thats pretty irrelevant. especially considering that i know for a fact that people at whitman have graduated without taking health- not allowed, the guidance counselors are nice and let things slip that shouldnt. half the people dont even try on the county assessment exams- i know i dont. that is not a good judge. whitmans SAT scores are higher, but not by that much. id hardly say a tiny point difference on SATs makes that big of a difference in how good a school is. i know my SAT/PSAT/practice SAT scores have varied by over 100 points. i will be taking 3 APs senior year.
whitman=churchill=wootton > RM > WJ > BCC. but, thats including RMs IB program. without that, RM would be last.</p>
<p>I realize that nobody tries on the county assessments; I didn’t either, but you have to be seriously stupid to FAIL one. The average SAT’s for Whitman from the past 5 years were 1235, 1236, 1249, 1260, 1245. Churchill’s were 1217, 1222, 1213, 1213, 1224. Wootton’s were 1206, 1208, 1203, 1195, 1220. In some cases, there is a disparity of up to 65 points. Churchill and Wooton don’t even have ESOL, which lowered Whitman scores significantly. Whitman also sends many more students to the most selective schools. That IS a noticable difference. Why do you think Mr. Malling was hesitant about going to Wootton? It’s because it is an inferior school.</p>
<p>It’s not accurate of the competitiveness of a lot of schools. My school is now ranked in the mid 100s only, although we are ranked best in Ohio for academics. See, there are a lot of people in our school who don’t try and don’t take advantage of the great opportunities we are given, but some that do. There is such a great divide. Among the top 100 students in my class there is a huge amount of competition and we will have all taken 10 APs or so, but the rest of the class, they don’t really do anything. Now how does that really show my schools competitiveness if we have tons of people weighing the average down just because of political zoning and because the sheer size of our school? It doesn’t, the ranking system is flawed, don’t listen to it too much.</p>
<p>just do your work and learn. have you run out or got bored with competing with perople from your school that u must now compete with other schools that placed “higher” on this list? u must realize they vary so much from year to year so that the magazine can sell more issues. if my school is top this year, ima buy it, next year yours will be in the top and ull buy it… its all sad</p>
<p>It’s a measure of the policy of the school administration more than anything. Many schools (such as mine) don’t require their senior-year AP students to sit for exams if their college doesn’t grant credit for them. Other schools force all students to take exams anyway, and are much higher on the Newsweek ranking as a result.</p>
<p>Until they fix their flawed methodology, their ranking is useless.</p>