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[quote=Anonymous]No great challenge to rebel against any particular system when coming from a privileged background. In this country, the reality is that the sky's practically the limit in college admissions for low SES minority students with SAT scores of 1400-1600, and scores of 4 or 5 on multiple AP exams. With such scores, a poor minority kid will be recruited by multiple elite colleges offering great financial aid, even if their grades, recommendations and extra-curriculars don't knock it out of the park. I went to MIT on the strength of my standardized test scores, although my family had qualified for free school meals since I was a little kid. MIT covered almost all of my college costs. Unlike Bannker students, I was very fortunate to be taught, and raised, by adults determined not only to help me get a great education, but to help me score high on the PSAT, SAT and AP tests.[/quote]
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