Just make sure that your parents went to college.
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Earlier this week we posted about how Asian-American students are being admitted to selective elite high schools at increasingly high rates.
Why?
Because they are academic achievers.
Why?
In part because Asian-American parents place a high priority on education, drive their children to excel (especially in STEM academics) and provide their kids with extensive extracurricular learning experiences.
And, oh yeah, they’ve probably gone to college … providing good role modeling and ready tutoring capabilities.
To that point …
The College Board published a “Total Group Profile Report” for recent college-bound seniors …
One set of numbers caught my eye:
SAT scores by the student’s parents level of educational attainment.
Note that about 2/3’s of the college-bound seniors taking the SAT came from homes with a degreed parent – either associate, bachelor or graduate.
Only about 1/3 came from homes with parents having only a high school education or less.
And, the performance differentials are substantial between the groups …
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