Lincoln Park High School

Great school if you are in the top/​bottom 10% academically, however, everyone else gets lost sight of. The school counsellor never returned calls. This may have been a result of having just too many children in the grade. The buildings aren’t very nice and class sizes are large. Having said all this, the student population were very nice and they have rolled out an IB program school wide.

My alma mater,
Lincoln Park High School stands as a testament to the quality of public education and gives its students a diverse education, an education diverse as the students themselves. From street smarts to choir, to orchestra band, advanced mathematics, French, Spanish, German, Theater, and a plethora of athletics teams Lincoln Park serves the needs and interests of students from far and wide.
I am a product of their excellent International Baccalaureate Program, which can be likened to rigorous Advanced Placement curriculum on steroids. Who knew that as a kid you could crank out from 7:45am in the morning until 3:15 carrying seven sets of books, daily papers, problem sets, special projects and presentations and not jump off a bridge?
I look back at this time of my life and sometimes sit in disbelief when I try to contemplate the amount of work I completed and how automatic my hands were in writing on ten sides of paper in a fifty minute essay exam. If you wonder what the end result of the finest public education one can receive in the City of Chicago.
I entered Drake University in the fall of 1999 with thirty full credits under my belt, $ 15,000 in scholarships and the world as my oyster. Friends of mine went to the most elite universities across the country and I eventually migrated to Johns Hopkins University myself.
On my first day of school, I was mugged. There I was sitting outside when a hoodrat comes up and asks me if I had change for $ 1 or $ 5. I recall letting him know I only $ 5 or $ 20. The hoodrat and his buddy proceeded to tackle me and ruffle through my pockets while two friends watched and did nothing as I was mugged right in front of them. That was half a lifetime ago and I can say that I learned my lesson and have never been mugged ever again in my life (knock on wood).
When you’re a kid, adjusting can always be tough. Eventually, as many kids do, they learn to party and they learn Liquor Procurement 101. You learn to pay the bum tax or find generous yuppies to assist you in your efforts to party. Liquor Procurement 101 and drinking at an early age served my inaugural college years well as I socialized much better than kids who had never partied in high school.
Despite that, send your kids here — they will save you a fortune in tuition.

Oh what a school, what a school.
I was in the double honors program and was it hell. I’m not sure if I just got all the dicky teachers (from what I heard, i did) or what it was. I hated high school, not so much LP itself. LP was cheap and pretty nasty. The bathroom were unbearable and everything was from the 50’s. I had a few wonderful teachers along the way, but most of them just sucked. My counselor was great, she helped me graduate after my ‘falling out’
They weren’t really helpful with the whole college scene, although they acted like they were. The admin office was terrible, everyone there was a bitch.
Met some great people there and the worse. LP was the #1 school (I’m assuming because of the IB program) I learned a lot but am glad to be out of there!

How cool is this??? On Unilocal you can even write reviews on your Alma Maters! :) I was a product of LPHS’s Math/​Science program; which was basically the Redheaded Stepchild of the IB program! *sniff sniff* But it was ok, we held our own! We may have not taken 4 years of French but that was fine by me! So because LPHS let me graduate… J’adore Lincoln Park! Oui! Oui! :)

I laugh at the idea of any selective enrollment school’s curriculum beating out the IB program’s here at LP. I literally took classes sophomore year that my friends won’t be taking until senior year. The only reason I even tolerate this school is because of Mary Enda Tookey.
The administration sucks, but at least it’s preparing us for the real world of red tape?

5 stars because they let me graduate!

I am also a proud alumna of LPHS. I was in the first freshman class of the IB program, and let me tell you, after coasting through grammar school, it was an eye-​opening experience. I loved the fact that the school population was small. My cousins went to huge suburban schools with a senior class the size of the population of the entire school at LPHS. The school was a great mix of all races and all classes, which I definitely appreciate. The teachers were engaging, and challenged you to get the most out of your education.
If I had kids, I would definitely want to send them here. I’ve made lifelong friends and have only good memories of my days at LPHS.

You can bet I’m a proud alumna of this fine school. They recently made the nation’s Top 100 by Newsweek Magazine in recognition of their outstanding academic programs. Many students pass their Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests, giving them college credit at the best Universities in the country. Also a strong Fine Arts program. I was in the music program, but also received a good overall scholastic education.