The demographic profile of these two schools are substantially lower income than the very expensive cities they reside in.
Edit: Got the names of the schools wrong.
It's literally the opposite of what you said, unless you suddenly changed your mind and agree that the merit-based schools are the best option for poor kids.
> If you make it so that only “merit” is considered - you’re only gonna get rich kids.
He said:
> The merit-based school such as Styuvesant in NYC and Lowell in SF are both filled with rather poor Asian kids.
> The demographic profile of these two schools are substantially lower income than the very expensive cities they reside in.
It couldn't possibly be further from supporting what you said.
Please try to think about how the context of what I said could be interpreted. If you take literally everything at face value - you're truly not thinking critically about anything.