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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you get your kid into a good school district and live in a good neighborhood. That’s great for your kids. They have that as an advantage. It’s much larger an advantage than a few points on a adversity score. So shut up! I’m sick of the argument about MC getting the shaft.

Also, If you are too poor to pay for college you would actually qualify for financial aid. So stop whining about that. College is expensive. It’s also optional. This isn’t new.

[b]The only people getting shafted are kids who are born into poverty. [/quote][/b]

The kids born into poverty get free money for college. [/quote]

And free breakfast and lunch at school, and access to mentoring and tutoring programs, and free SAT prep, and free or reduced rate travel sports, and many, many other social programs that are intended to level the playing field.

Yes, UMC and UC kids, especially white kids, do have advantages.  What gets old is the failure to acknowledge that many poor kids are getting help -- or at least have access to help -- at many, many points along the way.  If those efforts to help aren't working, [b]let's work to fix it earlier -- as early as possible.[/b]  College admission time is, in my opinion, too late.

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Agree with the bolded.

From Inside Higher Education, Nov. 2015

"Since 2008, student aid from federal and institutional sources has increased. Political and foundation leaders have also focused on the importance of a postsecondary education, and the need to increase college attainment.

But in the years since 2008, the proportion of low-income recent high school graduates who enroll in college has seen a significant drop, according to a new analysis from the American Council on Education.

[b]In 2008, 55.9 percent of such high school graduates enrolled in college. By 2013, that figure dropped to 45.5 percent. While overall enrollment rates increased just after the economic downturn hit in 2008, they have fallen for all income groups since. However, the drop for those from low-income families has been the greatest. ..."[/b]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/25/study-finds-drop-percentage-low-income-students-enrolling-college[/quote]

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