These students did not regard college as a finishing school or a ticket punch.

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Often he hears computer science or engineering students say that great GPAs or a top name college are the ticket to a great startup job.

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Perhaps because they secured admittance to Stuyvesant based on a test, Stuyvesant students think that passing tests, by whatever means necessary, is their ticket to lifelong glory.

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