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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]THis is a huge story about nothing.

https://nypost.com/2018/06/09/how-nonprofits-are-boosting-nycs-brightest-minority-students/

this is why there are only 7 at stuy.

Just as I suspected (and i might've posted this on here before).

If you are poor and URM and good enought for stuy, you are going to get into a better elite private for free. [/quote]

There's another factor that has gone unmentioned in the URM community in NYC.

My friend has taught public elementary in Queens and the Bronx and many of the Dominican and Puerto Rican working class families are religious and they want single-sex Catholic School for high school, and they are aiming for Catholic School scholarships (or Catholic school that is subsidized because they are longtime members of the diocese).

Actually, I remember an interview where Jennifer Lopez talks about how much her working class parents sacrificed so she could go to Catholic school in the Bronx and how they were upset and terrified when she moved to Manhattan to be an actor. Now, I'm sure, in theory, someone like her could have gotten into the performing arts magnets in Manhattan for HS, but that kind of thing is not viewed as an option in those communities/families.

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