Reviews of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (School)

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nicki minaj

Ambhher

Ay Nicki Minaj went to this school lmao

Mr. Durant

I am a teacher within the NYC Department of Education and some of my students have finished middle school and set forth at LaGuardia. Not only are they expanding their own minds academically but they are performing at a level that gives me such joy as an educator. I thoroughly enjoy going to concerts every year.

William Gordon

Worked with quite a few LaGuardian kids during the last few weeks, their hardworking, aptitude, and natural pleasantness to work with can somewhat epitomize the school's expertise in training excellent performing artists.

Adyan Faisal

SHSAT is not needed to get admitted

Nun Just nun

The teacher stole my money and locked me in the closet.

Haroun

There's cocaine and alcohol everywhere (true fact), but I think it'll be a good fit for me

starwberry uyu

From what i hear and research on this school it is very hard to get into La guardia, im currently searching for art and visual art high schools. It has been my and my moms dream to get into la Guardia since i was small.unfortunately my grades were not astonishing as i wanted them to be, especially math i always had difficulty in math. I thought that in my future i would find no use for it when i could be focused on singing and dancing, but i was wrong today i wish i put more effort for it. Not even my struggles in math is my problem now its the thought that im not good enough to even audition for it i havent had many years of practice because of financial and school issues. I never learned to be confident and that feeling of being on a stage watched by many people gives me a panicky feeling. I wish to go to la guardia to have someone behind me pushing me to go fowards, someone that tells me with no hesitation that im doing poorly. I want to learn but it seems that la guardia takes talented people already while im starting from below. Hopefully i have a chance at it.

why must you betray me so

I wish to audition here but I’m afraid my 7th Grade grades are low for a big school (if that makes sense) My artistic skills are pretty good I get 90s on my projects and can improve over that summer But can I get accepted into the school with an 80-ish average like a B and C?

Ayanna Donovan

LOVE THIS PLACE ! one of the absolute best performance arts schools in country ! I take ballet, horton, graham, tap and jazz dance classes all for free!

William Perkins :P

Yes! I got accepted!

CSDJS. EvO

I am a 7th grader looking for a good high school with STRONG writing standards. I can dance well, but I can write even better. I was wondering if LaGuardia has a good writing standard. If not, what good, "popular" high schools do (staten tech, brooklyn tech, goldstein, bronx high, etc...)?

Carmen Martinez

This school is disappointing. It's in the heart of a prominent music venue and the facility looks like a war torn building. There are holes in the structure and a infestation of roaches. They require two auditions for their so called speciality school but it's run by slumlords. Who would want to perform in a unkepted building. Definitely nothing to write home about

Kevin Wulf

it's dannnk

Josh Russell

the school is very interesting. it combines the elements of the arts with academics to give all children a fun and descriptive education. all students are hardworkers and they have extreme talents in their crafts. their academics are exceptional and the children never get bored.

Joseph Coleman

Very professional, I attended an orientation with my daughter it was very impressive.

Antonio Luis Sombra

Great

Francisco Poblete

omg,look at her butt

Milosys Baptis

We had initial great experiences during the audition process. Some wonderful people moved mountains to get our child an audition. The physical facility gets an B-, the teaching staff get an A+. Needless to say the school did not accept our child, who now has appeared at various artists conventions, etc, has art appearing on movie posters, album covers, novel covers, and mentors socio-economically challenged young artists, etc. Lesson: No matter what the outcome of an audition, if you're serious, then keep pushing forward with your career.

Jonathan Orr

My daughter goes here for graphic arts and loves it! :hums Sunrise Sunset while scratching head:

Khouri St.Surin

I hope to get into this school ❗️ I love acting and want to pursue a career in acting

Courtney i dont know

I really wanna make it to this school I'm in eighth grade and I wanna go hear I wanna act and and sing it's my dream

Ellen Maclagger

Major bullying. Teachers don’t care. Children there who don’t “fit in” at risk and ignored.

Deja Cooley

i only go to this school because nicki minaj went here <3

MITCHELL TAIESHA

I really want to go to this High School as a Dance Major or an Arts Major, but i am scared that the auditions are very harsh and i might not do too well. My friends and family say i dance and sing amazingly, but i am not sure what to think. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Cruz Jackson

I auditioned here for dance! I performed ballet number to Neil Diamonds Love on the Rocks. One of the best times in my life. ..

It DealWith

Guys, I love this high school so much, but my parents think I should become a doctor instead. I really want to follow my own dreams, but they keep influencing me. What should I do?

Jason Martinez

Hi I'm an 8th grader and I wanna go to this school my band teacher says I should audition but I don't know how hard it is to get in or what they're looking for. Please help

Costa Michailidis

I never attended, but I competed against these guys in High School gymnastics, and volunteered years later. It's a great environment.

Estefania Carrera

Hi, Im moving to NYC this year, Im just waiting to finish the 11th grade. I wanted to know If LaGuardia High School accept students in 12th grade? Im really want to finish high school there, looks amazing and Im really exited. I'll really appreciate If someone answer me, It will be very helpful, Thanks.

Emmanuella Inyang

NICKI MINAJ WENT HERE

Anyirene Morillo

somone please tell me what the vocal auditions are like??? and you remember brian annorbah and clad and if clad your reading this we made it!!!! and or jeansel me and clad uaed to say you couldnt sing but look at us now yeah ehehheheheh

NasaWaffle

Lel I'm going der

Lou Frasca

I don't think sending your students out to protest the election at their age is appropriate. If you are not happy with the results, go out and protest on your own. You put your students in danger and that is disgusting! You should be not only ashamed of yourselves, but who over the brainless teacher was who chose to do that should be fired.

It's lexy

Do you live at this place?

Anchelle Smith

Great help all of these young prodigys create the sucess to become form great artists

Molly Hohl

In response to those of you who say that LaG is accepting students who are better in the academic field, I'm here to tell you that you have to be well rounded. This means you have to have the high grades, (I believe it's 80 or 85+) the perfect attendance, and the talent in the major you try out for. If you had good grades and talent but poor attendance, they won't accept you over someone who has everything you have plus the perfect attendance. These people are the best of the best, so that's what they expect from you. I had an A average and perfect attendance and presented them with the skills they required, and two months later I got a letter saying they accepted me. They only accept the best of the best, it should be expected, and they shouldn't be criticized because YOU didn't have what they asked for. (Btw LaG '20 represent)

Zoë Ragoonanan

I am going to be attending LaGauardia from September I can't wait. The school has amazing academics programs and I love how they intertwine the student's creativity in everything

the frias family

I have an addition tomorrow Saturday December 2 2017 i am so nervous

John Reis

What a privilege to have attended 1990 - 1994. Such great memories.

isacco fara

Wonderful

Jorge Isidro Zaragoza Vivanco

(Translated by Google) Excellent (Original) Exelente

Hab Le Hibou

Ghourri Smart Art

Deirdre McArdle

La Guardia is an outstanding school, an example of public education at it's best, offering students gifted in all of the arts a life-changing experience both artistically and academically.

Morgan

I wish i could have gone here... but I get the world is not a wish granting factory right?

Beauty Lover 12

I am in 8th grade and I do want to go to Laguardia but my parents don't want me to go but I am gonna go to their open house

Jennifer Walker

Do not support this schol!! What a slap in the face of the VonTrapp family. This is history and what they had to endure. Are you kidding me? This stuff really happened and you can’t just erase history. What is wrong with people? And the fact that the school went along with this is disgusting. The staff doesn’t believe in teaching the correct history!

Sammi J

I like this school and I did get in with all of my hard work i have done. ❤️I had done addition for art!

나남이 「NAMI」

This is a good school depending on how hard working and determined you are. If you don't think you'll be able to handle all the hard work and schedule of this school, don't choose it. Trust me, I was a freshman who walked into this school being impressed with everything but the one fact: the seniors looked totally burnt out. I'm currently an instrumental majored sophomore, but I have to say that the schedules they give you(if you are unlucky) are totally insane but reasonable. We have the longest high school hours in NYC. So this will be a heads up for all you guys who are planning to go the LaG.

Déjà Thompson

I'm sick right now and I have a vocal music audition tomorrow .. What should I do ? Go or stay home ?

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I wish I got to attend a performing high school, but they do not have any in New London, CT ! I was not given any good advice to go to the right high school. I don't know why ??!! I wish I could go back to high school and relive life events differently , I miss my teen age years1997-2002, I don't care what nobody thinks! Some one please INVENT a TIME MACHINE so I could have that Preforming Arts high school experiences thank you, and go back in time and fix the economy!!!

Emily Willen

Snotty teachers. I took the admission test here for art, where they also gave an orientation. The examiner explained to draw an apple, but to "think outside of the box" (so you could for example draw an apple with a worm in it). My dad was with me, & drew an apple computer. In response to my fathers drawing the examiner heckled him, making fun of him in front of the whole auditorium. Since then I have heard they use this example during their apple orientation. Still, no excuse to treat a guest, or a person for that matter. These are the kind of people that will be teaching your children, close minded & heart-less. By the way, my father attended Juilliard so it's not like he is not talented.

Jessica Seto

Excuse me, Timothée Chalamet and Ansel Elgort went to this school, and look at them nowwww‼️

Natalie Urieta

Decided to give a review for those future parents that will be bringing their kid to LaGuardia High School for auditions. So parking in this area is extremely difficult, therefore come early! If you do you may be lucky enough to get a spot on the street and feed meter every 2 hours, this is convenient for those with only 1 studio (auditioning for just 1) however, for those auditioning for 2 or more of you don’t find street parking you could find a reasonable public parking lot on 60 street between Amsterdam and West End. A bit of a walk but not so bad. My main reason for the review is because while I was waiting for my daughter to finish auditions I realized that maybe I could saved the $15 in Public parking lot and just doubled park until she called me to say she was done and then come in to get her. But if you are like me, that’s needs to see his/her immediate reaction after auditions & want peace of mind not going out every 2 hours to feed the meter .. You may just do the $15 .. Lol FYI 1 studio could be between 1-3 hours at most 2/3 studios can be about 3-6 hours long Good luck !!

Jimena Bernal

It looks really cool

Aleksandra Gjoni

I'm still in middle school and I love gymnastics and dance although I needed to stop because of all the money for school and when I heard about this place I was like "wow what if this is the school?" My teachers are telling the class that this school is extremely hard to get into and only the best of the best get in I have no idea how many students I will be going "against with" dance and drama is my passion where I (or my parents) come from big dreams are impossible to achieve and I want to prove them wrong and hopefully not right I was put into sports like soccer volleyball basket ball but my main focus and passion is dance, drama, etc.i really don't want to stop what I love to do completely even though if it takes hours out of my day I've been practicing everything I learned through my years to keep up and not fall back. (Update ) Ok so I’m graduating tmmrw and like who let me write this??? I didn’t audition knowing I wouldn’t get in and now I’m going to...well I don’t even know I’m still waiting... not like I’m dumb I got into all catholic schools with scholarships and awards but the public school system sucks sooo...yeah

ZARAGOZA 1121969

(Translated by Google) the best school that has ever existed (Original) la mejor escuela que ha existido

Julissa Almonte

Hey , I previously auditioned for this school in November. It was a great experience all the kids/teachers were extremely nice and helping. The school was very nice i had a great experience!, and highly recommend that you try out for it.

Joshua Joseph

Best 4 years of my educational life.

Willem Schreiber

I'm a freshman going to LaGuardia Highschool. I was reading previous reviews out of my own curiosity, only to find a surprising amount of overtly low ratings. In reading these ratings generally the reason for such reviews consisted of judgmental and generalized complaints. One review spoke of poor parking in the area during auditions to apply to LaGuardia Highschool. This is a rating of the parking in the area, not the school. Another review mentioned "roaches" and "holes everywhere". This is slightly more valid than the previous review I mentioned, although this is hardly the schools fault. Funding is limited and sometimes academics have a priority over anything else. As a New Yorker, I can say that I've seen more roaches in my apartment than in LaGuardia. My point in writing this review was not to defend LaGuardia but to instead keep these reviews just, and valid. If you're going to put something on the internet the least you can do is be reasonable.

Jonathan Pei-Chan

I have heard that Mr. H Law is a great math teacher.

Carina Tiotuico

Laguardia High School of Music and Performing Arts is the best Accademic and Music school in USA. My son is 16 years old and is a Piano master, advanced winds Bassoon and drama. As a single mother being a Dr.in Music and Foreign Languages, I believe his choice was just right taking Laguardia and not Kaufmann Music School or Brooklyn school of Music where he auditioned and came through..Basically my son saw that Laguardia is one of the most challenging schools even in accademics.We are very happy to have Dr.Lisa Mars as a Principal in Laguardia. She is very young but very smart and accomplished.She knows what to do if in Laguardia have to be fixed some problems. The Faculty Staff is very strong and there rating is 5 stars. We would reccomand this school to everyone, from Laguardia of course if students are serious and are studying, lots of them can go to enter easy Universities and Colleges like: Juilliard, Curtis, Yale, Cornell, Campbellsville, Morehead state University, Lexington UK, Boston and Oberlin OH.Also Royal Accademy in London. From Fiorello Laguardia has been graduate: Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, daughter of Madonna Maria Lurdes and lots of actors, artists and musicians recognized in the entire World. For me and my son Music is the Melody of the Heart and the Voice of the Spirit. God bless America!! Dr.Carina Tiotuico

Corinne Hall

It was probably the best high school in nyc when I went, for lots of reasons. It made you want to challenge yourself in your art, whatever that was. But it kept you in tune with the city's sense of humor while you did.

Gregorio Garcia

this school was on read 180

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Maria Salvatierra

Miakhel Brothers

Nice

Emily A

I go here, I thought I would hate high school but the atmosphere of the school and the people in it make it pretty okay.

pretty Kayla

I think is a good school because everyone say it . And I need to include on this school. Because they said is a good school . I don't know how I can go in this school. Because I don't have H.S yet .can somebody help me . I need to have a good school ,a school work hard , and every students respect and everything.......

Quite Anonymous

Exploitive. No department gets left unused. Everyone contributes their hard work to the shows, yet there is no word on what they do with the money. There are a few improvements now, but for a long time the school remained exactly the same.

Niyah’s Ironic Life

Pls let Hailey in

Mirah Foster

im in seventh grade right now i go to dolores hurta elementry and i really want to go here when i get to high school but im not sure i can because its in new york and im in stockton and my dad is not really big on traveling far but this does seem like a very high curriculum school and i hope i can attend this school real soon

Brendyy

nicki minaj went there so i wanna go there but i wanted to go to new York university which lady gaga went there but i wanna be a rapper so idk which i should go to its not all abt who went there tho

Anwar Bader

I like it so much

Liam G

going to lag. was a great choice. my sister went there, so naturally i went as well. they have a great sporting program, that my best bud, Josh Russell, and i participate in. the whole community of lag. is great as well as friendly. amazing school for an amazing place.

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Nicki Minaj went here

Xolani Bonnet

I go Northwest Schoolof the arts now. My family is moving to New York next year and I really don’t know if I should go to Bronx Science or LaGuardia. What do I do??!!??

Joshua Kim

CLOROX BLEACH WHO ARE U I LOVE YOU LMAOAOAOAO “nicki minaj

MOna give me the details

I don't go here but all I can say is Jharrel Jerome, left a outstanding mark

Rachel Hangad

Best high school ever! Go here. Audition

Sha Ro

I attended this school, and I'd it recommend to anyone - who is ready. Be prepared to stay for 3 extra periods of your chosen specialty a day (can be up to 10), while other schools get let out at 7 periods or earlier. This is one of the prices you pay for your craft. Academics, as I can put it, is "no joke". Being a specialized school, it is preparing you for college-level academics. Do not slack, or you will fall far behind. The vibe of the school is competitive, yet fun. Be prepared to hear guitars being played in the cafeteria during lunch, dancers walking around to dance classes in their leotards on the upper floors, drama students "acting out" in the hallways, and moody artists sitting on window sills in their classrooms working on their latest painting. Will everyone break out into song and dance like Fame and Glee? (At least one of the 2 is based on this school). No, but it's as close to it as can be. This school taught me A LOT about the arts (as it's supposed to). Some are required to attend art exhibits at museums, others performances. We were at times brought across the street to Lincoln Center (graduation actually took place in Avery Fisher Hall), and we can see Juilliard right outside of our window. Some students are accepted there, Cooper Union, NYU, Columbia, etc. Is it all glits and shine, rainbows and ballads? No, it's still high school. Some students are caught smoking in bathrooms, some get into a bit more trouble than that. But most of the students are serious about their craft and/or academics. Some of the most professional plays and musicals have been performed by the students at this school, as they should be. Students are honing their craft for 4 years straight, on top of childhood practice and many times have pure, natural talent. Not surprised if many have made it to Broadway right after. With that being said, yes there are many famous alumni. I've seen personal classmates performing on TV, and then there are those who are celebrities. On the other hand, you have students who have gone on to become lawyers, architects, economists, financiers, public relations specialists, or to earn their master's and PhD's, etc. Some have moved abroad, while others have preferred to remain stateside. I'd recommend this high school if, again, you are ready to work. Ace that audition, and have good grades and test scores, and you'll have 4 years that many others can say they could only dream of experiencing as a high school student.

Sheforeign ._

This is one of my top 3 Performing arts school im looking forward into auditions but whne imdo they start auditions and what can i do to get started to enter myself into the school? Wish me good luck!

TokashiOfficial Channel

I just got a notification telling me I haven't been accepted to LaGuardia again. My average was a 92, my audition was good in my opinion... (I attempted to get into LaGuardia for the 9th grade and most recently for the tenth. I prepared to perfection for visual arts this year). At this point many agree with me that this school must be looking for something that isn't skill, but good test takers. I have to admit, my test scores were in the "2" zone, so was the rest of the 69 percent of kids in NYC. But this is the school of arts, not Brooklyn Tech. This school is GOOD (Like 5 star good). Dont get me wrong, but they're accepting too many people with high scores on their tests and not kids with artistic skill. I am currently fighting my way for justice for all talented kids being deprived from this opportunity. (And I heard things used to be better before 2013, unfortunately I had to audition after that golden age.

Gianna Victoria

I've herd this school is great for Dance! Hopefully I could get in! Everyone looks like they have so much fun while learning! Im praying I get in

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Nicki Minaj

Karin C. Garfin

Two kids there. Not perfect but amazing.

Anika Zins

Jennifer Aniston went to this school...must be good.

Ileana Feng

Going to be a senior soon. A lot of weed and dirty bathrooms, and there's only a handful of good science and math teachers, but I've had a lot of good memories with the music programs here, especially the orchestra conductors (I'm an instrumentalist). I don't know if it's because my favorite subject is history, but I think the history teachers here are pretty good, also english isn't bad either. Basically, mediocre in the academics areas and better in the arts area, as expected.

katie j

got accepted can't wait to go there

Cristal Gonzalez

I LOVE the school! I'm an incoming sophomore here- instrumental major. (: the students are so friendly, creative and of course talented! The school is also amazing, and challenging. It really gets us to work hard in our academics while excelling in our majors as well. (The "Fame" school)

kid boy

Super

Luther Sackeyfio

Cool. What's up guys. 10/10 would enroll again. Ok 6.5-7/10 but that's still pretty good as far as high schools go, tbh.

Amy Ho

I just got accepted to LaGuardia, so nervous.

Eric Chen

wanna go there (my bro)

Penny cleaner appliance course Inc.

This school is actually really good and I don't go to this specialized and I know that. All the people that are giving it low scores did not get in... And I am not shocked. Just because you have salt in your system for not getting in, doesn't justify leaving some bs bad review. The kids at this school leave and go to REALLY GOOD colleges and thats a fact. soo haters BYE