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Matthew Greenberg (312) 409-8411

March 26, 2014

Chicago, IL –In the most recent round of admissions, composite scores rose at the two top Academic Centers, Whitney Young and Lane Tech by 10 and 20 points respectively. This means that on average any student accepted to these schools is in the top 1-3% academically. To reach Lane Tech’s 837 or Whitney Young’s 861 composite score, a student would need to get all A’s in 5th grade, 5th grade test scores in the top 1% in both Reading and Math and Academic Center Admissions Test scores in the top 2-3% for Lane Tech and in the top 1% for Whitney Young. To put it another way, the high level of these scores puts these Academic Center students at the same level academically as admitted students at Walter Payton or Northside College Prep, the two most competitive Selective Enrollment High Schools.

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