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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m really impressed with Stuy’s college admissions. The major difference between the students at Stuy and a school line Sidwell is that the Sidwell kids are almost all hooked. Sidwell students are legacy and parents have likely donated $. Stuy kids are not hooked, not legacy and has a very large first gen and FARMs population. Not only are they not rich, they are poor, like they have to help support their families poor.[/quote]

Come on, being First gen and low income IS hooked. It's a different kind of hook.[/quote]

I'm a NYer and I think you overestimate how many Stuy kids are first gen.  It's a small minority.  Low-ish income: yes, many, but not Pell eligible.  Second gen: sure, many, but that gets you thinking college-wise.[/quote]

I don't know about now but back in the 1980s there were absolutely a lot of poor kids there.
The number of kids whose parents were immigrants was in excess of 50%.
A lot of kids I knew was eligible for Pell grants.[/quote]

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