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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We aren’t low income as a family or first generation to attend college, but live in a low income zip code and teen attends large public title 1 school.  Will graduate in top 1%, lots of DE and AP classes, expecting SAT to be above 1500 based on PSAT scores.  No national awards, but some cool ECs, strong leadership, job, interesting hobby.  No one, or rarely anyone, applies to college out of state.  He is wanting a school in top 5-20 (which are all out of state). Does coming from a school with limited resources and no one from your high school applying give an admission boost? [/quote]

Um, no. If anything, it's probably a detriment.

Do you have some cynical notion that admissions officers will look more favorably on a child who has "survived" a ... what ... ghetto environment or some shit like that?[/quote]

It’s actually really hard to do well, stay motivated, and seek out opportunities to excel when everyone around you is far below grade level, into trouble, and completely apathetic about school. [/quote]

That is why it is a semi-hook.  If you can get straight As, do well on the SAT and hold leadership positions at a school where no one else is trying, that is someone who top colleges want.[/quote]

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