Harvard Hopeful

perazziman
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:29:22 +0000

smileygerl:

Very rarely do these families inherit enough money to afford a home in an area with a high performing high school (many NMSF) as your son’s.



This is very true. However, due to Affirmative Action there are many kids who go to elite colleges from ordinary schools. Their experiences have been recorded and is the subject of the book, Mismatch by Richard Sander, a graduate of Harvard and professor of law and economist at UCLA.