re: How near-impossible is it to get into U High for senior year?

Tbh, the drug thing is way overblown. There are a handful of incredibly rich and incredibly spoiled kids in each grade that party like they'll never need their own career (which they won't).

It was a fantastic school in every facet. I'm sure there are dickhead kids at every school.

Not saying I didn't smoke pot in high school, but I also made pretty good grades and test scores and have a solid start to my career. They give you every advantage to succeed. I went to Ole Miss for different reasons, as I got into better schools. Lots of elite universities across the country were attended by my classmates.

In fact, we partied hand in hand with the UHigh kids in our class and the friend groups remain intertwined to this day. Very similar groups
Of kids from similar family backgrounds.


ETA:

This was 10 years ago. I won't pretend to know what it is like now.