Midwood High School

I know nothing about how this school is academically but I do like visiting it! I was here multiple times to take city exams and fell in love with the architecture each time. Centuries old hardwood floors, wood lockers in each class, and old pipes is what gives this school character.
I wish my school looked like this.

Midwood was where they tried to destroy the days of my youth Midwood field is located on Avenue L and eat 16^th Street across from Morrow high school not near Maplewood high school

I never thought I would write a Unilocal review of my former high school. In my opinion, my high school years were not very eventful but I still have very fond memories of this place and people I was hanging out with (I still hang out with the same group of people today). I don’t know how well academically they are doing these days but back then, Midwood was one of the top non-​specialized high schools, which means it wasn’t one of the elite public high schools that you had to take entrance exams (i.e., Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech). It became extremely popular ever since they had a handful of students who made it into the Intel Westinghouse Finals, which even surpassed the number of finalists from Stuy. I even remember the New York Times Magazine made a publication dedicated to the group of winners. It was a BIG bragging rights thing for us. Of course, as the school became more popular, it became overcrowded. The hallways were always difficult to navigate through during recess and at times, there were not enough space to hold all the students in the same class.
The school was diverse as much as I could recall. You have a mix crowd of students coming from all the city but as expected, students form their own cliques. I have to say my favorite classes were Chemistry, Beginner’s Band, and Latin. I had an amazing teacher from Chemistry (can’t recall his name) but of all science-​related classes I’ve taken at Midwood, I aced at Chemistry and enjoyed every experiment I had to work on. Beginners Band and Latin were kind of a joke but were fun because of my classmates and quirky teachers I had (Ecce Romani!).
Oh yes, hornets! I wasn’t part of any sports activity but we also had a pretty good handball and wrestling teams. Ahh memories!

H-​O-​R-​N-​E-​T-​S that’s the way we spell success. Are you with it well I guess, will we win it yes, yes, yes! So let’s go Midwood Hornets are the best, let’s go we’re better than all the rest, so let’s go Midwood Hornets are the best, so let’s go let’s go let’s really go. I so miss this place. If I had to do high school all over again I would do it in a heartbeat.
Clearly, you can see I was on the MHS squad.

First and foremost I’d like to give a shout out to then 24-​year-​old Mr. Gjecaj!
Secondly, I’m proud to say that I went to this school 13 years ago. Although I cried on my very first day upon seeing residents of Flatbush Avenue for the first time, I eventually got accustomed to the charm of having a pregnant teen in my homeroom and a 14-​year-​old father of 2 in my medical issues class (and these folks were in the medical science program considered the highest of the three available). Don’t feel sorry for me just yet for I managed to climb the «intelligence» ladder all the way to medical science from the bottom of the barrel known as the collegiate program but pretty much never achieved anything else after that (so 2 stars for life prep).
Bonus-​snatch up your very own college boyfriend across the street at Brooklyn College.

One of the most underrated high schools in the city because it isn’t specialized. However, this school is just as competitive as the specialized high school along with Townsend Harris — DESPITE — the fact that this school is a zoned high school with 88 – 90 avg entrace requirement. (Townsend requries a ridiculous 94 – 96 avg, and zone residents do not get auto entry)
*The term zoned high school means anyone living in that zone gets accepted without looking at junior high grades. If you live outside that zone then they will look at your grades.
Because of it’s proximity to flatbush, etc, the school is half black and pretty much half everything else. Asians form a dominant size in Midwood. And this school is known for a majority girls — so guys you might be in luck. You are entered into the school based on your scholastic standing so sadly many classes are segregated. Blacks usually attend classes together, and so on.
Midwood is also located next to Brooklyn College, a very good college. So if you plan to major in Biology in Midwood — it would be great to transfer over to Brooklyn College — which has a good biology program (where you can go to medical school after that)
Midwood has really tight hallways and the lighting is very dim. During period gaps, you can have difficult navigating through the hallways.