Scarsdale vs. Riverdale

SatchelSF
Sun, 27 Jan 2019 03:40:37 +0000

@yello1741 - Scarsdale High is quite a lot bigger, and the many talented Indian students in particular are very strong; the intensity spills over to the whole school, especially in STEM. Moreover, the whole area is strong socioeconomically – ask your parents, the taxes paid are beyond insane, which makes parents very involved and motivated. Basically you have a much larger group than at the privates and the average of the area is very high, so you get more variation in ability but more range on the top and bottom if that makes sense.

Don’t get me wrong, the kids are strong at the privates too (as I said, on average they are somewhat stronger than at the open admission public), but there are a number of kids who get into privates on the basis of preferences, and as I said part of the raison d’etre of a private school is to tamp down competition.

How would you be getting down to the Bronx? The commute might impact your ability to connect after school with your classmates.