Lived most of my childhood in The Projects. In the Bronx.
Got jumped. Beat up for being small and smart. Parents split when I was 2, Mom died when I was 13.
I worked hard to do well in school. I joined the Army to get out of NYC. Boot camp taught me alot about myself.
No sob story, just a success story for those who think that all those poor kids in the City can't do it without special government grants and inflated grades and race-based scholarships.