Anonymous
07/15/2025 17:27
Subject: Re:Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Over the weekend I met a boy that was recently admitted (his dad is a college friend of DH's). He told me his son's prep started at age 6 and in later years he worked with a Columbia math professor. I had no idea!
It's not test prep. They're not prepping for the SHSAT at age 6 any more than they are prepping for the SATs at age 6. It's educational enrichment.
About half the kids at stuyvesant are on free/reduced lunch.
Very few are getting tutored by Columbia professors in middle school.
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT.
The keys to Stuyvesant and TJ, for a large percent of smart but not really gifted kids, is: enrichment.
Mathnasium
Kumon
Russian math
AOPS
Khan
Currie
It is no secret. If the parents value education, push education, and can pay a little bit for extra enrichment, the kids will rise to the top. That cost of that Disney vacation or cruise would likely
pay for a years’ enrichment. It is a choice you, the parent, make.
Why does everyone pretend this is a mystery?
Because the people who value education are not evenly distributed and nobody wants to say that.
Anonymous
07/15/2025 12:41
Subject: Re:Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Over the weekend I met a boy that was recently admitted (his dad is a college friend of DH's). He told me his son's prep started at age 6 and in later years he worked with a Columbia math professor. I had no idea!
It's not test prep. They're not prepping for the SHSAT at age 6 any more than they are prepping for the SATs at age 6. It's educational enrichment.
About half the kids at stuyvesant are on free/reduced lunch.
Very few are getting tutored by Columbia professors in middle school.
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT.
The keys to Stuyvesant and TJ, for a large percent of smart but not really gifted kids, is: enrichment.
Mathnasium
Kumon
Russian math
AOPS
Khan
Currie
It is no secret. If the parents value education, push education, and can pay a little bit for extra enrichment, the kids will rise to the top. That cost of that Disney vacation or cruise would likely
pay for a years’ enrichment. It is a choice you, the parent, make.
Why does everyone pretend this is a mystery?
Anonymous
07/14/2025 09:56
Subject: Re:Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Anonymous wrote:Over the weekend I met a boy that was recently admitted (his dad is a college friend of DH's). He told me his son's prep started at age 6 and in later years he worked with a Columbia math professor. I had no idea!
It's not test prep. They're not prepping for the SHSAT at age 6 any more than they are prepping for the SATs at age 6. It's educational enrichment.
About half the kids at stuyvesant are on free/reduced lunch.
Very few are getting tutored by Columbia professors in middle school.
Anonymous
07/13/2025 18:05
Subject: Re:Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Over the weekend I met a boy that was recently admitted (his dad is a college friend of DH's). He told me his son's prep started at age 6 and in later years he worked with a Columbia math professor. I had no idea!
Anonymous
07/13/2025 17:45
Subject: Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are those poor students finding money to enroll in Curie like enrichment centers that prep for the merit test?
Curie is something like $3000/year all in. If education is a priority, you can make it work.
That's way less than most parents spend on youth sports.
Anonymous
07/13/2025 17:42
Subject: Stuyvesant class of 2025 colleges
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Where are those poor students finding money to enroll in Curie like enrichment centers that prep for the merit test?
Curie is something like $3000/year all in. If education is a priority, you can make it work.
Many start at Curie in K and have dumped like $30k into enrichemtn by the time they apply to TJ.
So they start at 3-4 years old? It's more like $2K/year in elementary school
Anyways 30K over 10 years is less than a car payment.
It's not a matter of affluence, it's a matter of priorities.
Asians just prioritize education more than other groups.