The area of TriBeCa in Manhattan is not only homeground for Wall Street, NYSE and City Hall, Universities and prestigious schools are located with in the same radius, such as Stuyvesant High school. A walk around Battery Park on a mid afternoon Wednesday is deinitely assured that you will run into a stampede of Stuyvesant students with over packed bookbags and NYCDOE instrumental pieces. 72% percent of the student body is of Asian descent or from an Asian country. In 1972, Stuyvesant along with other specialized high schools became part of the "Specialized High School Examination" schools. Back in Queens many of the Korean, Chinese, Bengali and Indian communities have started prep schools for these exams. They are called cramm schools. Fifteen years ago a Bangladeshi man began his tutorial business with three students to ensure that the children in the Jackson Heights community were accepted to either Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech. Now with seven location, including a brand new location in Astoria, Dr. Mansur Kahn, the founder of Khan's Tutorial, one hundred students are accepted into specialized high schools each year.
Source:**Wall Street Journal
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