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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent at Innovation elementary, I really wish all those kids were eligible.  While our family is not the target audience, the school has a wealth of diversity socioeconomically and many first generation students.  [/quote]

Perhaps the target schools have more economically disadvantaged and/or first generation students? [/quote]

yes.[/quote]

This is a terrible policy. GMU is basically admitting anyone who has a pulse and encouraging students to borrow money for useless degrees.  They have become a diploma mill. [/quote]

This is the problem. GMU is expensive and they are targeting families that can't afford it with students who have a higher chance of needing to drop out due to expenses before finishing the degree. I wonder if there is some incentive the Fed govt gives or the state , if they accept a certain number of students [/quote]

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OK. So let's not reach out to lower income students and perpetuate the status quo.
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So colleges should not even bother to seek or recruit low-income students who may not be able to afford it. Definitely shouldn't admit them just in case they can't finish paying for their whole degree. That certainly solves the problem.  :roll: These students can still apply for financial aid and scholarships. Some of them would never even consider college, but getting an offer may result in them at least looking into it and the possibilities. [/quote]

You are equating lower income with being stupid.  A lower income kid who has grades sufficient to go to college and the interest to go knows how to use google to find colleges in Virginia, the costs and how to get in. They can apply and get into college. That’s not the issue.

They don’t need colleges to reach out to them unless the reach out is an offer of aid to attend the school. They need the school to reach out with an offer of tuition that their family can reasonably afford. [/quote]

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