03/17/2015 - Providence, RI - Alejandro Claudio, cq, and his parents, Alejandro Claudio, cq, left, and Maribel Claudio, cq, right. Alejandro is now a freshman at Brown University and gained a full-ride scholarship to the Ivy League school, which is the only way that the son of poor immigrant parents could hope to attend. He is shocked regularly by the huge contrast between his world at school and the world he's used to at home. Claudio is majoring in economics. ÒIf I fail, IÕm going back to poverty, to working in a factory," said Claudio. "I need to get good grades and get a job that pays well enough to help feed my family,Ó added Claudio. Topic: 041215ivyleague. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.