[john]

Originally Posted by NonTurboSpoolinGuest

Here's a list of top 1000 HS's in the nation as rated by Newsweek. My old HS was 325... are any of your HS's on the list? I saw St Lous Park High was another MN school.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7723397/...wsweek/?page=4

Here is how they came to the rankings:

Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school in 2004 divided by the number of graduating seniors.

Just because a person takes an AP test doesn't mean they are smart. They could totally fail it. Another thing is school size should be taken into consideration.
-10 students take the AP test
-There are 10 students in the graduation class
= a #1 school on the list of 1000

Not sure how much I would rely on that test. When I went to HS, they gave a test to compare the schools. Individual results did not matter or count for anything. Half of the kids blew the test off not giving any thought to the qestions. I would only trust a test like the SAT or ACT where a student has modivation to do well.

Peter- You were enrolled for 9 semesters? Holy shit. I am in and out in 4 semesters. Good luck with your career.