Is Stuyvesant Over-Rated?

CountingDown
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:43:38 +0000

Citymom is right in that there are a lot of kids at the highly selective publics who take the fabulous education they receive and turn it into free/major merit rides at non-Ivy schools. A large number of TJ students attend UVA (I beleive Chronicidal has posted stats on this previously), and a significant number of Montgomery Blair students go for the generous merit $$ at UMD.

The money is a issue (not enough for for $50K EFC to be pain-free, too much income/home equity to qualify for need-based $$), and the state schools who really want these kids are generous in getting them accelerated placement and other opportunities.

I would also look at the kids themselves – those who chose to go the specialized HS road may have no qualms about saying Ivy is not for them, and go off to blaze their own paths elsewhere.