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Stuyvesant High School (pronounced ), commonly referred to among its students as Stuy (pronounced ), is a public college-preparatory, specialized high school in New York City, United States. Operated by the New York City Department of Education, these specialized schools offer tuition-free accelerated academics to city residents. It is one of the most selective public high schools in New York City, New York State, and the United States. Stuyvesant was established as an all-boys school in the East Village of Manhattan in 1904. An entrance examination was mandated for all applicants starting in 1934, and the school started accepting female students in 1969. Stuyvesant moved to its current location at Battery Park City in 1992 because the student body had become too large to be suitably accommodated in the original campus. The old building now houses several high schools. Admission to Stuyvesant involves passing the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test. Every March, the 800 to 850 applicants with the highest SHSAT scores out of the around 30,000 students who apply to Stuyvesant are accepted. The school has a wide range of extracurricular activities, including a theater competition called SING! and two student publications. Notable alumni include former United States Attorney General Eric Holder, physicists Brian Greene and Lisa Randall, economist Thomas Sowell, mathematician Paul Cohen, chemist Roald Hoffmann, genome researcher Eric Lander, Angel Investor Naval Ravikant, Oscar-winning actor James Cagney, comedian Billy Eichner, and chess grandmaster Robert Hess. Stuyvesant is one of only six secondary schools worldwide that has educated four or more Nobel laureates. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Tim Robbins
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Edward Sapir
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Naomi Oreskes
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Samuel P. Huntington
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Brian Greene
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Roald Hoffmann
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Robert Fogel
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Lewis Mumford
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Thomas Sowell
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Paul Levitz
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Avi
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Ada Calhoun
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Oscar White Muscarella
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Ned Vizzini
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Edwin Torres
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Lisa Randall
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Dick Morris
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Tobias Schneebaum
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Hubert Selby Jr.
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Jessica Valenti
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Matt Ruff
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Eric Van Lustbader
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Gary Shteyngart
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Hanna Rosin
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Alexander Rosenberg
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Allan Lichtman
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Arthur M. Jolly
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Daniel Radosh
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David Lipsky
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Lawrence Grossberg
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Ramin Ganeshram
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