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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The type of colleges most Banneker grads attend aren't difficult to graduate from. American colleges need to rake in student loan dollars to stay afloat financially.  Even elite colleges seldom flunk out marginal students - they need their tuition, fees and lodging dollars to keep on ticking.

I went to college and med school with a host of iffy minority students. They were given a break by professors for many years, until they hit a wall in failing their state medical school board exams. In my med school class of 150, I was one of a handful of minority student who passed.  More than two-thirds of my minority classmates failed on the first go around, and half failed on the second and never became physicians.  [/quote]

How is any of this relevant?[/quote]

My take is Bannker's mediocre college prep often leading to lackluster college performance, often leading to insurmountable hurdles to entry to professions...though the path sounds peachy on paper.

It's an old story for low SES AA students in this city and country.  They do better at Walls.[/quote]

How did Walls and Banneker compare when Walls was primarily AA? [/quote]

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