Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard has a come long way from the days when wealthy students bid for Harvard's more spacious rooms. But students' high-school preparation, family expectations, socioeconomic background and financial need still differ widely...
Harvard has a come long way from the days when wealthy students bid for Harvard's more spacious rooms. But students' high-school preparation, family expectations, socioeconomic background and financial need still differ widely...
...think your socioeconomic background makes much of a difference, except maybe people of lesser means may not be able to go out to Boston or go to more expensive Eurotype clubs," Powe says...
Davis, a mathematics concentrator, grew up in rural Bronson, Mich., population 2,300 and part of Michigan's aging industrial belt. He describes his background as "fairly poor." Most people in his hometown were from similar social situations...
...question that if you come from a blue-collar or less affluent background, you face a more difficult transition here, and also in your background and growing up you had access to far fewer resources," acknowledges William R. Fitzsimmons '67, dean of admissions and financial aid. "There's no question that the deck is stacked out there in the real world against those who come from blue-collar backgrounds. That can be seen very directly in the steep correlations between SAT scores and socioeconomic backgrounds...