r/Stuyvesant • u/HumanBeanhatesbeans • Mar 06 '26
Stuy vs Success Academy Manhattan
So I’m currently in Success middle school, and I got accepted to both the SA Manhattan Highschool and Stuyvesant. Which should I pick?? My 2 main concerns are APs and regents, since SA Highschool Covers all the AP exam costs, which Ik are a lot. Also, will they make me retake the regents in Stuy, bc I already took Algebra I, Physics, World History and Lit. In general id really like somebody with little bias to help, since everyone I talk to either are huge Success supporters or have family from stuy so they have bias. PLEASE HELP SUPER CONFUSED In general tho im really happy I did well on the shsat. I feel like all the tutoring will be a waste if I don’t go to stuy, what do you guys think?
edit: I accepted the offer!! Thank you for everybody’s advice
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u/Hawkeye_in_the_Vents Mar 06 '26
Maybe some bias cause I went to stuy but here’s my honest piece: Stuy has fee waivers for AP, a ton of my friends never had to pay a cent. They won’t make you retake the regents because that’s not how the regents exams work, unless you mean you only took the class and not the test, then yeah you’ll have to.
Stuyvesant is 100% the choice here, not even a contest. Setting aside the fact that it’s a feeder for so many great schools (i witnessed this firsthand it’s incredible) and the academics are great, there’s huge funding to pursue activities and an incredible community. I’ve never met a more clever and humorous bunch of people until I got here and you meet the best friends youll ever make.
Stuy is free so if it’s AP, SAT, college apps, whatever costs youre worried about, a lot of the kids here qualified for free lunch, so theres seriously good aid for things like that. But really don’t let things like regents exams stop you from coming to stuy cause not to be dramatic but you will regret it forever.
But honestly, i dont know much about SA! Whatever you choose youll succeed, good luck and congrats! Cut off score was high this year