How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School

What of the bright child who has a bad test day? Or a teenager who lacks the money to seek tutoring?

“Educationally, we don’t need these schools,” said David Bloomfield, a professor at the C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. “These students cannot be in a bubble, they need to be in a more diverse student body, where you could have advanced classes.”