Mercy High School

Mercy High is an all girls high school in San Francisco, and shouldn’t be confused with another all girls Mercy High in nearby Burlingame.
Mercy is the mainstream all girl high schools in San Francisco with tuition at $ 16k a year (Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception anchoring the other two extremes). The majority of young women who graduate from Mercy go on to Catholic and other private colleges.

I am a Mercy alum and have only fond memories of the school. The teachers were great, as well as the administration and leadership. I have two cousins who are students now and both are excelling, very involved with sports, and very content there. I think Mercy offers a great foundation for adulthood and self development

I like checking into here on Unilocal when i’m near only because it makes me look extra creepy.

Mercy offers good education to all student levels. The teachers were well educated from Stanford, Berkley, Davis, and more! So they are able to educate us by different techniques and with true quality. The food is awesome! and there are amazing programs such as the Women in Medicine which is linked to St. Mary’s Medical Center and Women in the Art. I’m in Women in Medicine and when we go to St. Mary’s we are able to explore the medical field from all different points of view.
Mercy does prepare you for college with strict academic requirements. But also Mercy incorporates moral behavior towards all walks of life.
Although it is an all girls environment, Mercy is open to co-​ed musicals, concerts, dances, guest speakers, and more. The afterschool life is filled with boys, while the in-​school time is made to focus on studies without distractions.

**In all the reviews of the Unilocalers that did NOT attend Mercy, their reviews only speak of the stereotypes of the school and its students. In the reviews of the Unilocalers that did attend Mercy, theirs’ speak of their true experiences. And just because the Stonestown shoppers see groups of loud, obnoxious, catty girls after school does NOT mean all girls from Mercy are like that.**
My only problem with Mercy is their demand for donations, almost monthly. I already graduated and since I am an alumna, my records are still on file and the school mails me so many requests. It’s annoying. Going to college isn’t cheap without financial aid or scholarship, so NO I have nothing to give. At least I recycle that junk mail :)
Anyway, I attended Mercy for all four years. My freshman year was a disaster because I wanted desperately to transfer. But I sucked up, and as the years went along, I enjoyed it here. My experiences were more memorable, and I got to know more teachers one-​on-​one since Mercy is a small private school. Sure, there aren’t that many Advanced Placement courses to choose from here, but there is a variety of different clubs and after school sports to join. There are many helpful after school resources such as the College & Career Center and the Writing Center; and teachers really care about the students as they are willing to help, but only if asked! And every other year, Mercy holds something called «Intersession» where students get to stay local or travel out of SF, out of state, or even out of country. I went to Yosemite for my first year and to Costa Rica for my third year; and no, it was not cheap but it was extremely fun, memorable, and a good learning experience. So, four years, almost everyday in a uniform, and $ 10,000+ spent per year, I got some good stuff out of here.

I only went here for one year freshman year…
All girls and no boys = no fun
I transferred and went to public school…

Once a Mercy girl always a Mercy girl. Academic wise you get what you give and personally I didn’t do much, but I still graduated. (Thats what matters right?) =P
Ms. Mac is the most kick back teacher ever. If you take acting with her and she likes you try to get her for English too. She can play favorites.
Sean is an awesome coach and a downright kick ass person. sure our sports teams aren’t as hardcore as some other schools but it’s all in good fun. =P
It is because of mercy that I have met some of the most awesome women and friends. I have nothing but fond memories or cafeteria fries with ranch sauce. class of 2000 spray painting the tennis courts as a senior prank. crowded bathrooms after school… stonestown during lunch… these memories are priceless!
class of 2000 wherever you may be… i love you all!

Mercy does not deserve the 1 star review given by Colleen. She did not attend Mercy. In fact, she was my opponent on ICA’s tennis team in 2004! Mercy SF beats ICA every season; maybe that has something to do with her hateful review.
Ms. Mattson has answers if you don’t want to go to the doctor.
Mr. Vo tells really bad jokes.
Señor makes Spanish (and JV tennis) fun.
Ms. Chastain and Mr. McGarey made me go green.
The art projects in Ms. Dearborn’s English II and AP Lit classes made it feel like Kindergarten all over again.
I really enjoyed Mercy. The thing is, I came out of Mercy not expecting to miss it one bit. but I do miss it now. Although I did not choose to come here (I wanted to attend a public school), Mercy turned out to be a great experience and there’s nothing that I really want to complain about.
Sure, Mercy does have a few (okay — MANY) delinquent teenagers, but that’s not to say that there are some really intelligent students at Mercy. And yes, they do often get overlooked by the more prestigious private colleges because we never had the chance to take a 7 AP class course-​load. there are only 7 APs offered in the entire school. But many of the students do head off to Cal and LA.
If you’re an athlete and you want to be part of a winning team and you DON’T play basketball or volleyball, then Mercy isn’t right for you. Basketball and volleyball is pretty much all we’ve got going on for them. the other teams don’t do so well.
Nobody ever comes into Mercy as an eager student. Many of them wanted to go to SI, SH, or Lowell. For me, I didn’t want to attend Balboa. However, many of us end up liking Mercy, and can’t imagine attending any other high school.
The counselors at Mercy are great, and helped me a great deal when it came time to applying to colleges. I loved Mrs. Ryken and Mrs. Ward. Although she wasn’t my counselor, she was a crazy one… too bad she’s gone now.

Not sure what it’s like now, but I give it 5 stars when I went there… years years ago. It’s located on 19^th Avenue across the street from Stonestown and down the street from SFSU.
It’s the largest all girls private school in SF and one of the only one’s left; there’s only a few, most turned coed or closed down.

coldhearted place, not somewhre you want to send ANYONE. not even your worst enemy. almost everyone i know who goes/​went here, cameby choice, and HATE (D)(S) it. slutty rep also a plus for coming here!

Once A Mercy Girl ALWAYS a Mercy Girl. Wow I really have very fond memories — its so true when adults tell you that High School will be the best years of your life. Of course i don’t feel like it then but looking back now it was.

now, i don’t know what comes to mind when you hear «college preparatory» but for me it’s NOT mercy. an academic high school it is not. and, if you went to a catholic high school in the city the thought of playing basketball, volleyball, softball, etc. against the mercy skippers didn’t have you logging extra practice hours in the gym for the fear of actually losing against a team who’s mascot was a beast of a girl dressed as a dolphin in a sailors uniform was motivation enough to annihilate us. BUT, plaid skirts + all girls catholic school + teen rebellion is the stuff fantasies are made out of. go skippers!