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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up poor. My parents didn't go to college. It's amazing the things I didn't know to do. I attended a decent high school where kids got into ivy league schools but without some parental guidance it's difficult to navigate college admissions. They knew to push me to study and I got excellent grades but that was it. I went to community college and then an ok state school. Looking back I think I could have gotten into a decent college, got scholarship money, and then who knows. It never occurred to me to try for those things even though I was surrounded by kids doing just that. It seemed foreign and out of reach. I now volunteer as a mentor for high school students because I think for kids like me the individual attention and guidance would have made the difference. Even at schools where there is a lot of outreach to parents they're just not going to get it if it seems unattainable. It's like holding workshops on how to buy a house when no one attending has a job. [/quote]

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