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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

Sorry. Mom's basement in Hicksville. Same difference.

You really think anyone from Hicksville posts here? You really think the average full pay student at Riverdale would ever consider Stuy or hold it in high regard? Dream on.

Does it make you feel important to bash schools? What do you get out of that. And yes, I do know plenty of people who turned down top tier privates for Stuy and Bronx Science. And for many people, those top privates are not a realistic possibility. So why do you need to insult them. Anyone who actually went to one of these schools would have enough class not to insult other schools, particularly not top public schools. So you are making it painfully obvious that you are in no way associated with any top public or private school.

Act like you've been there before. Show class. Show humility.

Your mom is calling. Time to go to bed.

Poor people turn down HM for Stuy.

If you think full pay students at top city private schools don’t look down on Stuy and Bronx Science and make socioeconomically condescending remarks then you are woefully unaware of what goes on there.

Again - you have no class or self-awareness. What are you proving by making these comments. Yes, there are plenty of people who do this, but the way you brought it up was completely inappropriate and shows that you are clearly not affiliated with any of these schools. Even in an anonymous forum someone from those schools would not make comments like you did in the tone you used.

I'm not sure why I am wasting my time.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

Sorry. Mom's basement in Hicksville. Same difference.

You really think anyone from Hicksville posts here? You really think the average full pay student at Riverdale would ever consider Stuy or hold it in high regard? Dream on.

Does it make you feel important to bash schools? What do you get out of that. And yes, I do know plenty of people who turned down top tier privates for Stuy and Bronx Science. And for many people, those top privates are not a realistic possibility. So why do you need to insult them. Anyone who actually went to one of these schools would have enough class not to insult other schools, particularly not top public schools. So you are making it painfully obvious that you are in no way associated with any top public or private school.

Act like you've been there before. Show class. Show humility.

Your mom is calling. Time to go to bed.

Poor people turn down HM for Stuy.

If you think full pay students at top city private schools don’t look down on Stuy and Bronx Science and make socioeconomically condescending remarks then you are woefully unaware of what goes on there.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

Sorry. Mom's basement in Hicksville. Same difference.

You really think anyone from Hicksville posts here? You really think the average full pay student at Riverdale would ever consider Stuy or hold it in high regard? Dream on.

Does it make you feel important to bash schools? What do you get out of that. And yes, I do know plenty of people who turned down top tier privates for Stuy and Bronx Science. And for many people, those top privates are not a realistic possibility. So why do you need to insult them. Anyone who actually went to one of these schools would have enough class not to insult other schools, particularly not top public schools. So you are making it painfully obvious that you are in no way associated with any top public or private school.

Act like you've been there before. Show class. Show humility.

Your mom is calling. Time to go to bed.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

Sorry. Mom's basement in Hicksville. Same difference.

You really think anyone from Hicksville posts here? You really think the average full pay student at Riverdale would ever consider Stuy or hold it in high regard? Dream on.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

Sorry. Mom's basement in Hicksville. Same difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

Not everyone who criticizes the $hat Myself schools is from upstate. Dream on.

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My kids went to PS166, MS54, Bronx Science, Stuy, and currently UVA and LSE.

Dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

Holy low class ignorance. This post is so dumb in so many ways. You think you are so smart and tough but you are just advertising your stupidity. I'm guessing you couldn't find Trinity, HM or Stuy on a map. Posting mean things about a school you or your kids can't get into from your mom's basement in Plattsburgh is really sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude

99% of NYC parents have zero chance at Trinity or HM, yet according to you 90% think they have a shot at $hit. What does that tell you about relative quality?

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Anonymous wrote:That's the issue. Principal has been there forever. For many years she could pick her students. Now she gets who she gets - since it is much bigger than other schools, it is a wide variety. So it draws a lot of highly motivated kids, but also plenty of others. She seems very focused on the highly motivated kids who will apply to SHSAT schools, but is indifferent about the rest. I know some parents of kids with very mild IEPs who felt like their kids were being warehoused. And the principal very proudly advertises that they give a ton of homework, which is often busy work.

Interesting. I've heard Wagner is having issues with kids in their screened program struggling with math (the downside to the D2 approach of putting kids in accelerated math classes on the strength of a non-terrible 4th grade GPA) but I haven't heard any complaints about the workload. But Wagner sends around half as many kids to SHSAT schools as Booker (with a similar sized student body) so maybe that keeps them from focusing too much on that cohort.

Are the highly-motivated kids miserable too (like everyone says they are at Stuy)?

I wouldn't say they are miserable. But they are not happy either. Some kids thrive on the work load so kind of enjoy it. But it is a less joyful place than the other options. Some might argue that middle school is not meant to be joyful, but I think you can have a happier, calmer environment while still being academically rigorous - it is not one or the other.

The number of kids who go to SHSAT is really meaningless, as long as there is a critical mass. The kids who are going to go to SHSAT schools are likely going to go there regardless of where they go to middle school. And contrary to what Booker would claim, the kids from other schools are just as well prepared. We have friends whose kid got into an SHSAT school from another school in the District and was worried they weren't adequately prepared but the kid has thrived without being too stressed.

Anonymous wrote:That's the issue. Principal has been there forever. For many years she could pick her students. Now she gets who she gets - since it is much bigger than other schools, it is a wide variety. So it draws a lot of highly motivated kids, but also plenty of others. She seems very focused on the highly motivated kids who will apply to SHSAT schools, but is indifferent about the rest. I know some parents of kids with very mild IEPs who felt like their kids were being warehoused. And the principal very proudly advertises that they give a ton of homework, which is often busy work.

Interesting. I've heard Wagner is having issues with kids in their screened program struggling with math (the downside to the D2 approach of putting kids in accelerated math classes on the strength of a non-terrible 4th grade GPA) but I haven't heard any complaints about the workload. But Wagner sends around half as many kids to SHSAT schools as Booker (with a similar sized student body) so maybe that keeps them from focusing too much on that cohort.

Are the highly-motivated kids miserable too (like everyone says they are at Stuy)?

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Anonymous wrote:But I also think that Booker is a miserable place (I'm an UWS public school parent). The principal is an insufferable know-it-all who insists on work for the sake of work (and proudly admits it). It is a culture of total conformity where all of the kids are saying "what did you get" all the time. Lots of kids who think they are brilliant and parents who think their kids walk on water. If your kid does not perfectly fit their mold, they are incredibly unhelpful.

Didn't know this, assumed it was similar to Wagner on the East side since like them it takes all the kids who didn't lottery into a school of choice.

That's the issue. Principal has been there forever. For many years she could pick her students. Now she gets who she gets - since it is much bigger than other schools, it is a wide variety. So it draws a lot of highly motivated kids, but also plenty of others. She seems very focused on the highly motivated kids who will apply to SHSAT schools, but is indifferent about the rest. I know some parents of kids with very mild IEPs who felt like their kids were being warehoused. And the principal very proudly advertises that they give a ton of homework, which is often busy work.

Anonymous wrote:But I also think that Booker is a miserable place (I'm an UWS public school parent). The principal is an insufferable know-it-all who insists on work for the sake of work (and proudly admits it). It is a culture of total conformity where all of the kids are saying "what did you get" all the time. Lots of kids who think they are brilliant and parents who think their kids walk on water. If your kid does not perfectly fit their mold, they are incredibly unhelpful.

Didn't know this, assumed it was similar to Wagner on the East side since like them it takes all the kids who didn't lottery into a school of choice.

Disagree with the person hating on SHSAT schools. You sound like an idiot.

But I also think that Booker is a miserable place (I'm an UWS public school parent). The principal is an insufferable know-it-all who insists on work for the sake of work (and proudly admits it). It is a culture of total conformity where all of the kids are saying "what did you get" all the time. Lots of kids who think they are brilliant and parents who think their kids walk on water. If your kid does not perfectly fit their mold, they are incredibly unhelpful.

Unfortunately WESS and Computer are pretty far to the other extreme but have been getting more academically rigorous. I know a number of top kids who went to these schools (particularly Computer), excelled, had a much more pleasant middle school experience, got into top SHSAT and private schools, and excelled at them.

Bottom line - Booker is over-rated. Most Booker parents unfortunately drink the Kool Aid. But some get the joke.

Anonymous wrote:Yes but going to SHSAT (reads like $hit or $hat) isn’t a good outcome.

Hah, tell that to like 90% of NYC parents dude