The Science/Engineering Specialized Learning Center, or S&E, is a public high school magnet program housed within Manalapan High School, in Englishtown, New Jersey. The program, started in 1985, is designed for students with an affinity for mathematical and scientific subjects.
This rigorous program has anywhere between ten and forty students in each class, which has recently been changed to a max of 24 per class, and the curriculum consists largely of courses related to engineering, science, and high level mathematics. The program is heavy on Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which can provide college credit with appropriate scores. A member of the Freehold Regional High School District, the learning center holds no more than 100 students in its ranks at any time in the school.
Applicants, drawn from towns in the Freehold Regional High School District, take an entrance exam in the eighth grade that tests their abilities in mathematics and English. In addition, there is also a personal statement portion of the application which allows students to write an essay on why they wish to go to the school as well as telling of their extracurricular activities or awards. Parents have been known to move into the district just so their children may have a chance to be accepted into S&E.
The program has an impressive entourage of knowledgeable and helpful teachers. Most students score very highly on standardized tests (the AP, the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, the High School Proficiency Assessment - HSPA). In 2006, the average SAT score was 2,185: 713 Verbal, 770 Math, and 702 Writing, and more recent SAT scores have been similar.[1] If this center was ranked as a separate high school, they would rank #2 out of more than 27,000 U.S. high schools based on SAT scores alone.[2] They also perform well in competitions such as the American Mathematics Contest or the Science League.
The graduates attend a wide range of prestigious schools. Alumni of S&E can be found at all Ivy League and New Ivy League schools, as well as other highly ranked schools such as MIT, Caltech, Purdue, TCNJ and Rutgers.
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