[zigmeisterxiv]

I graduated from Stuy in 1970, and perusing my yearbook can report that 48 of 638 (7.5%) fellow grads were black. The school was 99+% male at that point.

Back in the day I never heard of any prep courses offered for the test and most of us probably went in cold and winged it.

I was lucky that my house was 3 blocks away so I never had to endure a ridiculous subway commute like so many of my peers.

As postscript to this article is the continued success we enjoy in the yearly Intel Science Talent Search, a nationwide competition that we routinely dominate. Pardon me while I crow ...

2012 Intel Talent Search Semi-Finalists: 13/300 = 4.3%
2012 Intel Talent Search Finalists 2/40 = 5.0%

For comparison the entire state of California had 10 finalists, 34 states had no finalists and no other high school had more than 1.

Yowsuh! Just par for the course baby ...

Go Peglegs!!!

zig

PS - Go Giants!

[ken5050]

I graduated from Bx Science in 1964..there were THREE male blacks in the school..and ALL were on the basketball team..

I played varsity for three years..and gawd..we were awful..back then we were in Bx Manhattan Division 1, along with Clinton, Taft, Morris, among others...I think my three year record was 11-46...

[wiggen]

This thread is dragging us out. Class of 72 here.

[Scotswife]

I worked with a pegleg for awhile. Sharp kid - he was just a college student then. Owns three businesses now.