NEW YORK — Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent year.
The pattern contributes to widening economic inequality and low levels of mobility in this country, economists say, because college graduates earn so much more on average than nongraduates do. Low-income students who excel in high school often do not graduate from the less-selective colleges they attend.
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The 78% of rich folks are paying for the 34% of poor folks to go for "free"...the world isn't really free. If all 100%of the top poor kids went to Ivy league schools for free, there likely wouldn't be a dollar left for aid to the so called middle class, and now we can't afford to send our kids to these schools without extra mortgages...notice our percentage was not mentioned and it must be less than 34% or they would have put it there. Goesalong with this country's mantra of just because you are poor doesn't mean you can't have the best for free.
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Well, there are some very deserving poor students who manage to find their way to the "best" schools, but their ascendancy ought to be lauded, not lambasted. In my experience, the "best": in education, medical services, and housing -- is rarely enjoyed by the poor. And, in my opinion, the more low income kids who graduate from good colleges, the more formerly low-income families we'll have. And there are still those in this country who believe that everyone has a right to pursue their version of the American Dream. We have a household income of over $100,000, but we have two children in highly qualitative colleges -- private ones, and it's a financial challenge. We want the best for our kids, but we have the resources to put them in these schools. I think most of the people who complain about the poor have spent very little time among them. When you do, you gain compassion.
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