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Ironically, we largely had the opposite experience at Bronx Science and Stuy. The schools are huge so there are all types including the type you described, so not disagreeing with you and definitely not saying you are wrong. But we also found that both skewed way too heavily towards really socially awkward kids who were making strange jokes and who as an employer I would not stick within a mile of a client (I know they are only in HS but you get my point). My kid, who is far from the coolest kid out there but has very normal, mainstream interests and feels relatively comfortable interacting with a wide variety of people, looked at us and said "please don't make me go here". And this was at the accepted student event for one of them (we had had largely the same experience at the open houses for both schools). My kid was coming from a fairly diverse public middle school so it is not like they were totally sheltered or living in an UMC white bubble their whole life.[/quote]
Heh, we are having the opposite 'problem' - I also have a very "normal", well-adjusted, and socially comfortable child at a diverse public, and they  *loved* Bx Sci (Stuy felt a little less appealing, and maybe more awkward kids, yes). Now we, the parents, think that maybe the right private high school would align better , but it will be a long conversation should they get in.  Did your kid end up at Trinity or some other school?[/quote]

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