re: Is University High a prep school for LSU?

that link doesn't disagree with me. best case scenario for u-high is that it's the 5th public school in the state behind ben franklin, baton rouge high, la school, and caddo magnet. saying that it's possibly one of the best public schools in the nation is ridiculous

Drop4Loss, when did you graduate? The four kids in my family went there and my dad taught there.

World's most bogus list of top high schools

Newsweek once again publishes the world’s most bogus list of top high schools.

Why is this list bogus? Because the sole criterion for ranking schools is the average number of Advanced Placement (AP) tests taken per student. The grades on the AP tests don’t even matter! Nor do any other measures of academic achievement obtained by the school’s students. If people ever start taking this list seriously, this will create the obvious incentive for high schools to game the system in ways that do nothing to improve the quality of their education.

Even worse, schools that have competitive admissions are excluded, so genuine top public high schools like Stuyvesant High School (“noted for its many accomplished alumni, its rigorous academics, and for sending the most students to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton of any public school in the United States”) are completely ignored.

One has to wonder if the inventor of this list, Jay Mathews, is receiving kickbacks from The College Board, the organization that makes money administering the AP tests. (Jay Mathews has a very long but pathetically bad article defending his list in today’s Washington Post.)

Newsweek should be ashamed of itself for perpetuating such crappy journalism.

when UHS expanded the elementatry school in 2006 more than 80 students left Episcopal to switch to UHS.

UHigh is one of the cheapest schools for 9-12.

Episcopal is clearly better in academics when it comes to UHigh, or any other school in Baton Rouge. Pretty much any valid statistic, from the SAT scores of the graduating class, to the number of AP or National Merit scholars in every graduating class, would verify this.

Episcopal usually has more AP Scholars and has comparable National Merit numbers to Catholic and Baton Rouge High despite having a student body that is about one third of the size.

UHigh's admissions decisions are pretty bizarre. Considering its original mission, it's pretty ironic that many children of professors get rejected by UHigh, in order to save a seat for the grandson of some corrupt politician. Of course, a few years later, Episcopal gets to take credit for the same kid, who ends up going to a top-25 school (I know this has happened repeatedly).

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As to tuition exemptions, I didn't say ALL staffers get tuition exemptions.

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I know of no one who goes for free.

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Is it a private or public high school? I don't hear of many recruits coming out of there very much.

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Back to the original question, first part; I found Camp LSU to be much easier than my k-12 experience at UHS. I credit the UHS staff for preparing me for the four-year undergrad grind.

To answer part two, I know of a 4-time world/ 3-time national champ in the *sport* of Ultimate Frisbee who spent time at UHS.

I am a U-High grad.

I did not see Jimmy Field or Johnny Robinson listed as Cubs.

Beat Episcopal!!

Go Hoyas! Beast of the East!

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Lee is full of GSRI kids, and Broadmoor is full of Mall City kids. It's a stretch to list either of those.

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Yes, but Lee and Broadmoor are located in predominately WHITE parts of town. Some of the most expensive real estate in BR is in the Lee High School District. They're mostly black due to busing and white flight.