Popular GE Programs and waitlist offers (by applicants per seat)

General Discussion
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Below is a list of the top 20 GE programs (by applicants per seat) and the number of waitlist offers sent for the 2023-24 school year. This post will be updated with waitlist offers sent for the 2024-25 school year as soon as I receive this data from the DOE.

  1. Eleanor Roosevelt High School (02M416) - Eleanor Roosevelt High School (M21A)
    Applicants/Seats: 3595/112 (32.10)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 80

  2. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - Engineering and Robotics (Q20H)
    Applicants/Seats: 1890/61 (30.98)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  3. Manhattan / Hunter Science High School (03M541) - Manhattan/Hunter Science High School (M55A)
    Applicants/Seats: 2602/85 (30.61)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  4. Baruch College Campus High School (02M411) - Baruch College Campus High School (M87A)
    Applicants/Seats: 2633/93 (28.31)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 70

  5. Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School (28Q620) - Medical Careers (Q67V)
    Applicants/Seats: 734/26 (28.23)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  6. Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School (28Q620) - Robotics and Engineering (Q67S)
    Applicants/Seats: 608/23 (26.43)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  7. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - Science Research Institute (Q20K)
    Applicants/Seats: 1414/61 (23.18)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  8. Bard High School Early College (01M696) - Early College (M51A)
    Applicants/Seats: 2123/98 (21.66)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 90

  9. Bard High School Early College Queens (24Q299) - Bard High School Early College Queens (Q74B)
    Applicants/Seats: 2174/105 (20.70)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 50

  10. Townsend Harris High School (25Q525) - Intensive Academic Humanities (Q37J)
    Applicants/Seats: 4782/243 (19.68)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  11. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - Jacob K. Javits Law Institute (Q20A)
    Applicants/Seats: 1251/64 (19.55)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  12. James Madison High School (22K425) - Medical/Health Professions (K25B)
    Applicants/Seats: 1411/73 (19.33)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  13. Columbia Secondary School (05M362) - Columbia Secondary School (A15A)
    Applicants/Seats: 1684/88 (19.14)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 30

  14. Queens Technical High School (24Q600) - Computer Technology and Information Systems (Q68N)
    Applicants/Seats: 395/23 (17.17)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  15. New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School (NEST+m) (01M539) - New Explorations into Science Technology and Math (M29A)
    Applicants/Seats: 1969/118 (16.69)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 30

  16. Millennium High School (02M418) - Millennium High School (M25A)
    Applicants/Seats: 2193/137 (16.01)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 210

  17. Millennium Brooklyn High School (15K684) - Millennium Brooklyn (L63A)
    Applicants/Seats: 2203/138 (15.96)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 40

  18. Francis Lewis High School (26Q430) - University Scholars (Q20J)
    Applicants/Seats: 1044/66 (15.82)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 0

  19. New Utrecht High School (20K445) - Entrepreneurship (K28M)
    Applicants/Seats: 514/33 (15.58)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 10

  20. Beacon High School (03M479) - The Beacon School (M71A)
    Applicants/Seats: 4210/282 (14.93)
    Waitlist offers for 2023-24: 20