Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Smartest kid from Long Island Last Year "PUBLIC" - NOT SILVER SPOONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to both 17-year-old Kwasi Enin of Shirley, New [lacrosse] and Avery Coffey, the 17-year-old from Washington D.C., for their extraordinary acceptances into several top-tier Ivy League schools. Enin, who is a black senior at William Floyd High School, was accepted into eight Ivy League schools, including Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania and Brown University. Coffey, a resident of D.C.’s notorious 8th Ward and a soon-to-be Benjamin Banneker Academic High School graduate (and also black), was accepted into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania.


Come on.... To say a kid that had about 93 average and a little over 2000 on the SAT is the smartest kid on LI is just silly. Did he get accepted to all 8 Ivies? Yes. The question is why? How many kids do you know with the same grade that didn't even get a sniff from an IVY? Maybe just maybe this whole "ivy" thing is abit overblown???


Actually it's more about his work ethic, ability to overcome obsticals. And don't forget about stellar morals, unfortunately this is what is missing from the cheating holdbacks!


I'm amazed at how many people are getting worked up over the Cham/St. A's vs. public school debate. These are catholic schools we're talking about, not prestigious private schools. Almost anyone can get into these schools by taking a fairly simple aptitude test that most students pass. Long Island has some of the top public schools on long island and any academic statistics are clearly skewed because these schools take everyone, there aren't standards to get in or stay in. But there is nothing special about these catholic schools - they're not for rich kids, the best athletes, or the brightest. I'm not knocking them, they are perfectly fine learning institutions, but they offer nothing special. Are they better learning environments than Wyandanch? Probably, but let's stop acting like they're the ivy league of long island high schools.