ronandannette
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Thank you. Do you happen to know how they performed in highschool? Just speculating but my guess is they were equally motivated and successful there, which is a little different from my understanding of this discussion.I don’t know. This article was a helpful read.
https://ed100.org/lessons/poverty
https://www.educationnext.org/americas-mediocre-test-scores-education-poverty-crisis/
Some kids are able to overcome their upbringing and succeed in college. A had a couple of friends in college who grew up very poor, one was also first generation and they worked their butts off, graduated and are now successful with good paying jobs in the engineering field.
Those are very insightful thoughts and not ones that immediately came to mind. Thanks.I like the idea. I think there are a lot of kids from disadvantaged areas that are prepared for higher education, but who don't look as good on paper due to a lack of AP classes (our public high school doesn't offer them) and weighted GPAs, the money to cultivate a stellar extracurricular resume, etc., but unless they're applying only to local colleges, it is unlikely that the admissions officer reviewing their applications has any idea what kind of environment they come from. Yes, there is the school profile counselors are suppose to submit along with the transcript, but with the number of applications schools are receiving hitting all-time highs year after year, that's something we've been told a lot of schools don't really have time to spend much time on. Reducing those same factors to a score that is attached to the student's SAT score increases the chances that admission officers will be able to take it into account.