Stuyvesant High School

Stuyvesant High School, often nicknamed Stuy by its staff and students, is one of New York City's specialized math- and science-based public high schools. The school was founded in 1904. Admission to Stuyvesant, which is run by the New York City Department of Education, is by competitive examination, and there is no tuition. The school is noted for its many accomplished alumni, its rigorous academics, and for sending the most students to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton of any public school in the United States.

Enrollment

Stuyvesant has a total enrollment of about 3,200 and is open to residents of New York City entering either ninth or tenth grade. Enrollment is based solely on performance on the Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT), formerly known as the Specialized Science High School Admission Test because the three schools which used that test were all science oriented. Those original three schools were Stuyvesant, Bronx High School of Science, and Brooklyn Technical High School. Three other schools were later added to the list, all using the same test for admission. Those schools are High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, and High School for Math, Engineering and Science at City College. The test score necessary for admission to Stuyvesant since its relocation to its Battery Park City campus has been the highest of the schools. Of New York City's 90,000 eighth-graders, about 22,000 sit for the test each year, while about 800 of the highest scoring applicants are admitted to their first choice school. Ninth and rising tenth graders are also eligible to take the test for enrollment, though far fewer students are admitted this way.

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Bronx High School of Science - Brooklyn Technical High School - High School of American Studies at Lehman College - Queens High School for the Sciences at York College - High School for Math, Engineering and Science at City College - Battery Park City

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Those who score in the second-highest score bracket are offered admission to their second-choice school, while those who score in the third-highest bracket are offered admission to their third choice school. According to Article 12 of New York education law, "Admissions to the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School, and Brooklyn Technical High School shall be solely and exclusively by taking a competitive, objective, and scholastic achievement examination, which shall be open to each and every child in the city of New York." http://www.counsel.nysed.gov/Decisions/volume35/d13477.htm

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While Stuyvesant accepts students purely on their performance on the SSHSAT, John Lindsay and ACORN have argued http://www.educationnext.org/20033/20.html http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=539 that, like the SAT and other standardized exams, the exam may be biased against African and Hispanic Americans. For further information, see the articles on Stuyvesant's student body and standardized testing.

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John Lindsay - ACORN - SAT - Standardized exam - African - Hispanic Americans - Stuyvesant's student body - Standardized testing

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Stuyvesant has contributed to the education of several Nobel laureates, winners of the Fields Medal and the Wolf Prize, and a host of accomplished alumni. It consistently leads the nation in number of National Merit Scholarships as well as Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Talent Search Semi-Finalists and Finalists. Stuyvesant sends nearly all its students off to four year universities and around 15 percent go on to the Ivy League.

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Nobel - Fields Medal - Wolf Prize - Intel (formerly Westinghouse) Science Talent Search

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Stuyvesant graduates earn an average SAT score of about 1400 (685 verbal, 723 math). http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/SchoolReports/03asr/171475.pdf. Stuyvesant also was the high school with the highest number of Advanced Placement exams taken, and also the highest number of students reaching the mastery level. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/education/26advanced.html Stuyvesant celebrated the graduation of its centennial class in 2004.

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SAT - Advanced Placement - 2004

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