‘You’re not smart enough to go to college’: How first-generation Latinx students are overcoming the odds in pursuit of higher education
Among the first-time college goers who are settling in to their new surroundings is University of Pennsylvania freshman Michelle Mahecha Perez. Her journey to the Ivy League was no easy feat. The overall acceptance rate for Perez’s UPenn class of 2023 was a record-low 7.4 percent. And as a low-income Latina and first in her family to go to college, Perez had additional obstacles to overcome.
“When I was applying to colleges ... I had no idea where to start,” Perez said. She also attended a public high school that didn’t offer specific support for students applying to college. “I would try my hardest to navigate the things that I did know, like the SAT, but my parents couldn’t afford tutors. They couldn’t afford to send me to a prep class, so I had to do it all on my own.”
“Many Latino students are first-generation college goers, and that brings with it multiple opportunities and challenges. The challenges are that you really have to be prepared to be very resourceful,” Sarita Brown told Yahoo News. Brown is the president and co-founder of Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit dedicated to accelerating Latino success in higher education.
“My parents immigrated here from Puerto Rico back in the ’60s. … They made a family in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and we survived all six of us in a two-bedroom tenement.” She attended a public high school and faired well academically, but wasn’t given the tools to prepare for an exam like the SAT. Discouraged by her guidance counselor, she only applied to two state schools and got into one in Buffalo, N.Y. “It was a terrible fit. … I had no resources on campus.
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