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[quote=Anonymous]While there may be many reasons other than costs that keep high-performing low-income students out of college (and/or elite private universities), clearly cost is a major barrier and the kind of dealbreaker that may prevent such students and their families from seriously considering such options.  If high school counselors fail to inform such students and their families that some very prestigious/notoriously expensive private schools offer free room & board as well as free tuition without requiring such students or their families to take on debt, that's a serious dereliction of duty, regardless of whether a counselor assumes that such families won't pursue such an option if they knew about it.

It's really offensive to assume "they" wouldn't be interested in college (or living on campus or going away to school) because of "their" culture -- rather than that money is a major barrier that keeps low-income students whose parents haven't gone to college from considering expensive private schools like Harvard, Princeton, or Stanford.  First generation applicants come from a variety of different families/backgrounds/situations and the goal should be to make resources/information available and then let kids and  their families decide.  
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