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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up working class (we received food stamps for a couple years, my mom cleaned houses between clerical jobs).

I made it to college and later grad school.  I'm a fed and I've lived abroad.

The difference I think is being surrounded by people for whom not going to college is not an option.  Unfortunately lower wage earners are often not savvy enough to know about all the scholarships, financial aid, etc.

Even with financial aid, someone still needs to have a little bit of money in the bank to pay rent when the financial aid check hasn't arrived.

It's expensive to be poor, no doubt about it.[/quote]

+1, my husband didn't have anyone to tell him how to apply to college.  No one at school took an interest in him, his mom never went and simply anyone who could have, like relatives didn't.  He saw his only option of survival as military, which is a good option but its not easy while in to get a degree as many claim when you are just trying to survive.[/quote]
I grew up lower-middle class but we lived in an extremely affluent public school district where everyone around me was going to college and I think that made all the difference in the world. [/quote]
Also wanted to add that it was my amazing high school guidance counselor who helped me and suggested the McNair scholar program (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_E._McNair_Post-Baccalaureate_Achievement_Program). Once I got to college I had another excellent mentor through that program who guided me through my four years and helped me prepare for a PhD program. I probably wouldn’t have graduated from college without this incredible program, let alone gone on to graduate school. (I hold a PhD in pharmacolog.). But of course, the McNair Scholars program is on the chopping block with this administration  :roll:

I don’t have the link but I remember reading that if there’s just ONE adult in a child’s life that pushes them and mentors them, their likelihood of success increases significantly. [/quote]

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