Wall Street Legend

The golden school name of Manhattan International Middle School is clear and eye-catching, engraved on the most conspicuous position of the door.

There are so many schools in New York, so that except for the top few public and private schools, most of the other middle schools need to worry about the source of students. Like Ye Dongqing's school, most of the students are people of color, and most of them are Chinese. , followed by blacks, and white students are rare.

The racial divide in the United States is serious, and children can be exposed to it from birth. If the number of blacks or Chinese in a community increases, most white families will not want to come here, and will slowly move away, resulting in the loss of white residents.

The same incident also happened in schools. Parents use the proportion of white students as one of the criteria to measure whether a school is high-end. White students like Manhattan International Middle School account for only 6%, while black students account for more Thirty-seven percent of schools could easily be labeled as "junk schools".

In order to prevent being disturbed by people of color, white people have also defaulted to a set of unspoken rules. They will increase the price of house prices and tuition fees, so high that generally poorer people of color can’t afford it, so as to avoid contact with them.

In this way, real estate developers and various institutions earn money, and consumers get the satisfaction brought by "high-end", which is a win-win situation.

Whether high school is good or not is not important to Ye Dongqing.

In the future, people will only care about higher education qualifications, whether someone is rich and powerful, and who cares where he went to high school? Once successful, a poor birth becomes evidence of self-made self-made ability, which is the reality of society.

Enter the campus with other students.

Ye Dongqing found it interesting that he had been away from this school for so long, but he came back today, still as a student in the twelfth grade.

He has not touched the knowledge in textbooks for more than ten years. As time goes by, he still has some impressions, but not deeply. Take the time to review for a while, and it should be no problem to get high scores in the SAT and ACT tests. For him, the Ivy League schools are not far away, and his brain is much easier to use than ordinary people.

In my memory, if I hadn’t had no money to go to college, and I didn’t get a full scholarship because of the college’s racial quota system, I would have been able to go to college two or three years ago. Ye Dongqing had already completed these courses, and she was suffering from no parents to take care of her. Ming Lu, who has been dragged back and forth until now is still in high school.

Both the ACT and the SAT are part of the American college entrance examination, and they are also important criteria for evaluating scholarships. Taking the two tests together will allow you to choose a wider range of schools. If you both get good scores, you are more likely to be admitted.

In fact, he took the exam twice before. He was nervous when he took the exam, and he wanted to go to the bathroom when he was nervous. Going back to take the exam again.

The "racial quota system in colleges and universities" refers to a system implemented by famous American universities including Yale, Harvard, and Columbia. It does not look at the student's grades, but divides the admission quota by skin color.

This has made it impossible for many Asian students with excellent grades to be admitted. On the contrary, black and Mexican students with poor grades can easily enter top universities through the allocated quota. White students also benefit from this, they can always get the most admission places, and the spirit of "white supremacy" is reflected in all aspects of society.

It was written in the newspaper that when a student of Chinese descent graduated from the University of Chicago, his GPA was only 3.1, and his MCAT score was 31. When he applied for medical school as an Asian, he was repeatedly rejected, and no one cared about him.

With the idea of ​​a prank, he shaved his head, joined the black student union, called himself black in the application materials, and made no secret of his wealthy family background, writing that he did not have any scholarships during his studies at the University of Chicago.

I scribbled other information, saying that my mother is a doctor and my father is an architect. Usually these factors will reduce the chances of whites and Asians entering prestigious schools. These occupations lack social influence and are very common.

As a result, this guy dressed as a black man got an interview opportunity from 11 famous American schools including Harvard University and Columbia University, and finally got his wish and entered a famous medical school at his own expense. It’s ironic, isn’t it? unfair.

It was only later that Ye Dongqing realized that her status as an orphan had also become a reason for exclusion from top schools. If she had a parent who was a judge or a lawyer, the result would probably be different.

The United States has never been a paradise. For Ye Dongqing, who has neither money nor power, it is even more dark and terrifying. Rich people can easily send their children to school by donating buildings and money, but he... even if his grades are better. The good will be ruthlessly squeezed out.

The rules are like this, and the psychological age of resentment and injustice has long passed.

Going to a famous university is an obsession, and it is also a stepping stone for him to pave the way for the future. The hope of success in this life will be much greater. Ye Dongqing does not intend to play cards according to common sense.

When I was in the first class, I was thinking about how to package myself in a way that prestigious schools like. I suddenly thought of Mr. Nash and thought that it would be great if I got a letter of recommendation from the current mayor of New York, Mr. Michael Bloomberg. But that's all.

As long as the grades are good enough, John Hopkins and Harvard University will admit themselves. They are the alma mater of Mayor Bloomberg, and Columbia University is located in Manhattan, which will also give the mayor a face.

There are only two important things in front of me right now, going to school and making money, the latter being more important.

And then, I had to find someone to find someone. I didn't help her too much before, and it was still too late in this age. Ye Dongqing was very happy about it.

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Having a smart head has its advantages. After spending a few class time wandering off, Ye Dongqing recalled most of the test paper questions.

He applied for the SAT test to be held on the last Saturday in October, on the 26th, and the ACT test on the 25th. He remembered some questions and some did not.

If nothing else, the exam papers should still be the same, narrowing down the scope of the exam at once will make it easier to review.

Smoking, drinking, fatigue, thirty-year-old head, not as good as eighteen-year-old, memory is still at its peak, and Ye Dongqing remembers all the knowledge in books after reading it once, and he should be able to use it all before the end of the month. After the review, I still remember the writing topic, and I need to practice a few articles in advance.

Once he got a good grade in the exam, he would go to Teacher Nash for help, and he would be sure to get into a prestigious school. In the boring voice of the teacher, he sat on the edge of the classroom, reviewing the textbook, and dozed off with his mouth open.

When he heard the noise, he turned his head and looked downstairs, Ye Dongqing's face was reflected in the window on the second floor, he saw a very familiar girl, he was surprised for a moment and then smiled knowingly.

Suddenly remembered that before he became a playboy, he had been innocent for a few years...