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Share Your Score and Story
Share Your Score and Story
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Jim McGreevey

Jersey City, NJ, United States

60%

My American Dream score was 60 out of 100. In large measure, any success that I have had in life, I attribute to my parents. Having a stable household with loving parents, who placed a premium focus upon education and sweat equity, helped me to largely overcome life’s challenges. In addition, access to a sound parochial education in primary school and secondary school enabled me to develop the necessary scholastic skills, capacity for critical thinking, and academic confidence to compete in the classroom. While growing up in a working-class community did not avail me the advantages of my university peers, it did provide a sense of grit and gratitude for the gifts presented.

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