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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m really impressed with Stuy’s college admissions. The major difference between the students at Stuy and a school line Sidwell is that the Sidwell kids are almost all hooked. Sidwell students are legacy and parents have likely donated $. Stuy kids are not hooked, not legacy and has a very large first gen and FARMs population. Not only are they not rich, they are poor, like they have to help support their families poor.[/quote]

Come on, being First gen and low income IS hooked. It's a different kind of hook.[/quote]

I'm a NYer and I think you overestimate how many Stuy kids are first gen.  It's a small minority.  Low-ish income: yes, many, but not Pell eligible.  Second gen: sure, many, but that gets you thinking college-wise.[/quote]

Stuy is 40-50 percent FARMS. [/quote]

Lots have parents who were university-educated in their home country. [/quote]

Impressive how many top-educated Chinese  will throw away their income for a chance for their children in USA. Or they are FIRE retirees. [/quote]

Chinese parent of Stuy student (and parent of Bx Sci alumn) - I don't know any university educated Chinese who threw away their income and careers for their kids to be here. All the Asian parents I knew as a child and now as a parent at Stuy were and are employed per their education level.
There are PLENTY of parents at Stuy who live thru their children though and are sahm. But how different is it from the MBA or JD  on-Asian who chose to be a sahm?[/quote]

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