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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have news for you.  In national and international arenas based not on standardised tests but deep subject expertise (Siemens, Intel, Putnam, etc, etc) Blair magnet, TJ and Phillips Exeter kids alight.  But where oh where is STA?  Now perhaps these areas are not as attractive to STA as lacrosse, baseball and leagacy. So be it.  [/quote]
Don't be such an utter asshole. It's pretty clear that StA graduates are pretty accomplished in lots of areas. Perhaps TJ students generally fare better in math/science (since TJ is a math/science-focused school after all), but to suggest that StA students are unable to demonstrate "deep subject expertise" is just dumb.

Indeed, I took a quick look at the most Siemens results, and it seems the two schools are pretty evenly matched: 
(http://www.siemens-foundation.org/pool/siemens_competition/octsemifinalist_website_listing_2009.pdf)

TJ: 1.8% of class named Siemens semifinalists (8 of 450 in senior class)
StA: 1.3% of class named Siemens semifinalists (1 of 77 in senior class)

Or if you assume that both juniors and seniors participate in Siemens (which seems reasonable):

TJ: 0.89% of jr/sr class named Siemens semifinalists (8 of 900 in jr/sr class)
StA: 0.65% of jr/sr class named Siemens semifinalists (1 of 155 in jr/sr class)

I would have expected TJ to dominate since it's a "School of Science & Technology" (or whatever the name is), but the difference actually seems pretty negligible. No one's taking anything away from TJ -- it's a great school. But you sound like an idiot by not giving other top schools the same respect.[/quote]

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