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by exam results.
Seven are all girls with Immaculate at #1. Three are Co-ed. The three- Campion High, Glenmuir High and DeCarteret College. Not one of KC, Calabar, JC, Georges or Wolmer's Boys is in the top ten.

In reply to Chrissy

Should schools be judged by exam results?

In reply to Chrissy

What does that really say when those same schools are the recipients of the top GSAT/PEP preparatory and primary school scorers?

It is expected.

In reply to Chrissy

I assume you posted this because of what Headley said on the other thread.

Sudden, sometimes you are too smart for your own good...do you have another measure. Maybe how may doctors and lawyers and professors went to the schools, what measure do you want to use?

In reply to Chrissy


Name-brand schools, in general, always performed well academically!

Surprise to see the colleges not performing that well - MC, KC, GC, JC, Knox C, Cornwall C, Clarendon C

Hampton and Westwood Girls have fallen off the list!

In reply to Chrissy

Kudos to Carl002’s Decarteret College….one of my siblings(and my nephew and nieces) went there as well

In reply to XDFIX

Clarendon has never had a period where they performed well and so does not belong on that list...same for Knox

In reply to JoeGrine
Glenmuir?

In reply to sudden
'Start dat thread

In reply to HumbleCalf

School life should be about finding yourself, building friendships, generally enjoying that part of your life as much as, if not more so than, it is about academics.

I find that too much emphasis is placed on academics as oppose to what I mentioned above which go to character building and the production of well rounded citizens

And I say all that to say that I enjoyed my life at school and thank goodness for that. Lots of people I know didn’t because they constantly had to study or attend lessons after school and on weekends to meet their parent’s expectations and ended up in jobs / careers that they did not like and not finding their true purpose in life

School should be about exploration, friendships, wonderment and discovery

In reply to sudden

All that is true, but, in order for you to get out (graduate), you have to pass exams and in order for you to move on (university), you have to pass exams. And in order for you to be some knid of professional, you have to pass exams.

In reply to sudden

New Age versus Traditional thinking!

In reply to XDFIX

Perhaps why we are stuck in this recurring loop of greed, war and pollution

In reply to XDFIX

[quote]Surprise to see the colleges not performing that well - MC, KC, GC, JC, Knox C, Cornwall C, Clarendon C[quote]


Knox is #12 this year. we are usually top 10, and usually along with Glenmuir, the only co ed. its usually all girls at the top.

KC , Georges JC, Cbar etc cant be on the top of the list no matter what they say. why? math. if knox has 200 spaces for gsat, most of them scored at least 90 on the gsat. If yuh cant score 90 Knox no want you. very few exceptions . the athletic powerhouses, their average gsat scores are diluted by the fact that they need to recruit runners for champs and Manning cup teams. you need two runners in each final at champs. it is funny when you see how good Cbar's school challenge team is, and how cringe worthy their athlete interviews are. i dont know how they matriculate

In reply to Chrissy

maculate Conception High 100%
2 Campion College 99.5%
3 St. Hilda’s Diocesan High 98.84%
4 Hampton high 97.7%
5 Mount Alvernia High 97.66%
6 Wolmer’s Girls School 96.9%
7 Westwood High 95.21%
8 Glenmuir High 95.14%
9 DeCarteret College 94.4%
10 St. Andrew High School for Girls 92.9%
11 Convent of Mercy Academy Alpha 92%
12 Knox College 91.8%



only 3 options for boys.

In reply to Chrissy

1) Top students in Clarendon will be filtered first to Glenmuir.

2) I question the legitimacy of this list. Herbert Morrison is one of the top schools now and so is St. Jago. Montego Bay High? The list says otherwise.

In reply to rudebway

I see George Scott and Barbara Jones school on the list

In reply to JoeGrine

Yes!! but we fell out of the top 10. Ms. Jones would not be happy! nuff cussing would happen in devotion to make sure that we know that anything expect excellence, is unacceptable.

A question on my mind for years, is the number of places at top schools available shared equally between boys and girls? I tend to think there are more places for elite girl students than boys.

In reply to HumbleCalf

That would be a terrible idea.

In reply to JoeGrine
Babes is a boss

In reply to Chrissy


Can't argue against that one!

In reply to Chrissy

Wait a minute. U know Babsy Jones?

In reply to rudebway

"Bull G" wife

In reply to JoeGrine

Yes. I don’t think u will find a Knox past student that doesn’t love her. She is a boss. You do not necessary it when you are 13 or 14, but in retrospect, it is obvious what she was all about

In reply to rudebway
Will message you - she's the sister of my good friend who died - know all the sisters and knew her hubby and know all their children and cousins.

In reply to Chrissy

Immaculate is my wife's alma mata.

I'm tempted to share this piece of 'breaking news' with her, but reconsidering.

In reply to Drapsey
She will love up - fess up

Big up DeCarteret College

In reply to Chrissy
Would like to know how those tier 2 High Schools working out. I only call them tier 2 as they were not traditionally high Schools but were formerly all age schools etc.