* African American students who score high on the SAT take rigorous course work. Most take calculus and even more take honors English.
* On average, African American students who score high on the SAT live in neighborhoods with higher percentages of poor children, single parent households, adults without college degrees, high school dropouts, and non-English speakers than their White counterparts.
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