[shag377]

This is good stuff, but based on what I see, socioeconomic factors are secondary to the fact the kids have good grades, SAT scores and are getting into good schools anyway.

Kudos to those schools who are moving away from the legacy programs!

I know kids in low income families, they are more honest and hardworking than some rich kids I know. The rich ones are the ones who get away with everything because who their momma and daddy are.

Regardless, scoring a full ride to U of Florida is nothing to sneeze at, this student will go far.

[SoftballMominVA]

These kids are so much better off going to more challenging universities than what is typically found at the HBUC's.

Actually a 1200 is quite respectable! It's 170 points higher than the average SAT for a public schooled child and 100 points higher than the average home schooled student - nearly 2 full standard deviations above the mean. I agree - in a higher SES class, this young man would be in the 1500's for SAT's.

As far as jokes that people should lock their doors for fear this young man will rob them - nice try, but inaccurate. I went to a Christian University and still had to lock my stuff up if I didn't want it to go missing.

[ladyjane]

I know kids in low income families, they are more honest and hardworking than some rich kids I know.

There's good and bad at all levels.

There's no data that I know of that says poor kids are more honest than rich.