Guesstimated % of unhooked kids- ivies- without parental pushing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What percent of students do you think get into Ivy leagues who are both:

- completely unhooked and by that I mean, including Rural, first GEN, low income, minority, athletes, feeder schools, come from states that produce few applicants, etc.

AND

- have zero pushing from parents (to join/start/continue activities, college admissions counselors, essay help, etc) OR anything that results in a curated college app.

More than people think. Teachers love these kids who they know should be heading to Harvard but don’t have support. It takes one or two devoted teachers to get the student through the process.

Where do you see teachers doing this for high school aged kids?

All around the country, are you kidding?

When there is a student that’s brilliant, a student who has it all except for home support or money, there’s a teacher thrilled to help that student succeed.

If you look at public city schools you’ll find most valedictorians are immigrants. An article on Boston Public School’s valedictorians showed that about 1/3 of these students came here with no English. They came from Guinea, El Salvador,Haiti, Cape Verde, Peru, Nigeria, Colombia, Albania and many more.
Teachers are very involved in getting these kids into top schools. A lot of their parents work two jobs and many don’t speak English .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What percent of students do you think get into Ivy leagues who are both:

- completely unhooked and by that I mean, including Rural, first GEN, low income, minority, athletes, feeder schools, come from states that produce few applicants, etc.

AND

- have zero pushing from parents (to join/start/continue activities, college admissions counselors, essay help, etc) OR anything that results in a curated college app.

More than people think. Teachers love these kids who they know should be heading to Harvard but don’t have support. It takes one or two devoted teachers to get the student through the process.

Where do you see teachers doing this for high school aged kids?

All around the country, are you kidding?

When there is a student that’s brilliant, a student who has it all except for home support or money, there’s a teacher thrilled to help that student succeed.

If you look at public city schools you’ll find most valedictorians are immigrants. An article on Boston Public School’s valedictorians showed that about 1/3 of these students came here with no English. They came from Guinea, El Salvador,Haiti, Cape Verde, Peru, Nigeria, Colombia, Albania and many more.
Teachers are very involved in getting these kids into top schools. A lot of their parents work two jobs and many don’t speak English .

Yeah, then those kids are hooked. Heavily hooked - first gen, low income.