The admissions officers are sending out their letters to high school juniors, venten year olds. Eric thinks that the system can't find kids like carlos because it starts looking much too late. He says you have to start finding the smart kids in the fourth grade. That's because they may not even show up later.
Of the tens of thousands of talented, low-income students who graduate from high school every year in the United States, most never make it to universities appropriate to their gifts. America leaves an enormous amount of talent on the table every year. “Carlos Doesn’t Remember” explains why.
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