Lane Tech and Prosser are two public high schools on the north side of Chicago. Lane Tech is a selective enrollment school with over 4,000 students and offers many sports and clubs. It has an average daily attendance rate of 96.4% and students perform above average in subjects. Prosser is a career academy with around 1,400 students and fewer extracurricular options. It has a daily attendance rate of 85% and students perform at an average level academically. The document compares and contrasts the two schools and the author decides to attend Lane Tech for its stronger academics, larger size, and variety of opportunities.