Is Stuyvesant Over-Rated?

LSanti1992
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:29:17 +0000

One word. INTENSE. For a while, I wanted to go to Stuy but got out of it because I eventually won a scholarship to an elite private school instead. Had that not happened, there would be a good chance I would be sitting at Stuy/Bronx Science. Stuy is the type of school that teaches you discipline, but at the same time, there is no time to be average. You MUST bust your ass all the time and compete against your peers to get to the top, which sucks. Also, those schools are not diverse at all (full of Asian kids and Jews). I’m pretty sure my school with $31,000+ tuition has more blacks and hispanics percentage wise that Stuy. Honestly, if you thrive in an environment like that, then I say go for it but I know that my high school experience would be a lot worse had I gone to Stuy.