Lowell High School

Yes. It's hard and competitive. It does prepare you for college. (In fact, college felt easy compared to Lowell.) Be humbled, knowing you won't always be the best at something. I've made lifelong friends there and happy to be a graduate from Lowell. (Perspective from the early 2000s....not recently.)

Gave me a good start to college. Yes it's nerdy but I want an education, not parties. Yes it's heavily Asian but you are admitted on merit and grades, not race. As a parent I have no problems with either.

A very good place to learn, I mean really learning something. You have to do a lot of work though. Self teaching is also part of learning, too.

Although challenging, the challenge only gave me and my friends much to learn. Taught me how to be much more responsible and up to my grades and work. It has great clubs and its afterschool clubs/programs are all well developed. Truly loved it.

Some teachers can be incomprehensible. You can be on your own.nRead the textbook like it's the Bible. Hunt the web for goldmines - I meant good websites.nAsk questions in class or be a Bsian. Just carpet bomb the teacher with questions. They like it.nnNon-AP classes, chances are it'll be like a cheap tour with a blind tour guide and a group of people who are high - no one really knows what's happening, and no one really cares. Maybe not, you say, but come back in two years, and I'll bet you one grand you remember nothing from all those late nights you spent on world history homework.nnIf you're in any class, AP or not, with no defined textbook or curriculum, run out screaming like it's ebola. You know what's the difference between you and the African slaves in those ships two hundred years ago? Nothing, because neither of you have textbooks. The more time you waste, the less valuable you are, the more easily oppressed you are.nnAP classes (with textbooks) are the religion. Who's the best students? The ones who had 7 APs and look like they need CPR any moment. Take your APs. Chances are, these gods will be your friends. At the very least, according to natural selection, these are the best dates you could possibly find.nnLowell's strongest point, supposedly, is a great student body. Well, there's probably bad Lowell students, they just don't control your fates like bad teachers. Speaking of which, a few teachers do not teach but they will grade harshly. Ahem photograph and architecture ahem. And some Chinese 1 and French 1 teachers ahem (don't like us calling you out? Get your **** together and stop pushing the blame onto others who criticize you).nnNo one ever actually conducted an experiment *with a control group* about how amazing Lowell students are, since everyone goes to either one school or another. Are Lowell students actually amazing, or is it just the placebo effect? Either way, this is the high school to be if you want prestige, though the moment you stay through the door you should be working towards Harvard, Stanford, or an Ivy League because staying still is cancer.nnStill. All in all, a fun place. Clubs are amazing, definitely recommend. Might learn more about English or Math in debate/Forensics and mathletes/math club than you learn in six years of school.nnNo bullying, no druggies (except the freshmen... *sigh*). Definitely the place to be for introverts for the peace and extroverts for the partners.nnThat's all the big giant red bulging warning signs I can give. Good luck. Or go to Lincoln.nn-Senior Lowell studentnnp.s. Yes I said Bsian. Yes, I didn't mention black or white people. Yes, y'all too damn loud already.