And I think that there should be more schools like Stuy. Certainly not all, but more. There are many highly gifted children thst are depressed throughout the country because they are not challenged and have no intellectual peers. A place like Stuy can be a life saver.
And as far as it being a bad place for some students, you are right. My oldest would have wilted in a highly competitive environment. My youngest, on the other hand, would thrive. Don’t extrapolate your children being a poor fit, and assume that is true for all others.
And @collegedad13, it boggles my mind how you could take a completely meritocratic selection process, and twist it so that system is considered racist. Here is a clue that it isn’t: There is nothing in the selection process that discriminates based upon the race of the applicant.