Word: preps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bobby Carpenter--who now plays for the New York Rangers of the NHL--was a star hockey player for St. John's Prep School in Danvers. When he was a senior in 1981, college recruiters flocked to see him perform. Val Belmonte, then a Harvard assistant coach, came...
...Redden disagrees about the fundamental reason that low-income students don't apply. "A lot of people at my school--even possible candidates--didn't bother to apply because Harvard has that stereotype: white, elite and prep school...
...Redden believes these stereotypes are largely true. "I see a lot of white people that went to prep school," he says. "I see a lot of money...
Jerry Doolittle has never been exactly the Harvard type. His grades in high school weren't very good, he boasts about his poor attitude, and he was kicked out of prep school. But Harvard wanted him to teach freshmen anyway...
...five Russian-immigrant brothers who operated a succession of popular delicatessens and restaurants in the city. Boesky was known from childhood for his intense desire to excel -- almost to the point of not knowing when to stop. Recalls Roger Boesky, a second cousin who attended the same prep school, Cranbrook, in suburban Detroit: "He had this capacity for single-mindedness. He drove himself mercilessly as far as exercise goes," performing hundreds of push-ups at a time...