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It varies wildly. For a student who's motivated, encouraged by parents and peers, and lives in at least a reasonably middle-class or higher school district, you can come out of most high schools having achieved most or all of the things you listed. If you're poor, live in an impoverished district, are surrounded by family and peers who do not value education, and attend dilapidated schools with few resources, it's much harder. Those are are the schools thats are sensationalized, but they're mostly an artifact of inner city urban areas, and are more a reflection of the overall culture of poverty than a cause of it.



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