A Different Class: Why Talented Students Don't Apply to Top Colleges
In a recent post on young men of color and academic success, I mentioned a studywhich looked at "under-matching:" high-achieving minority students enrolling at less-competive colleges that had fewer resources to help them reach their potential. I've had some requests for more on this issue, so I thought I'd share a session from EWA's 66th National Seminar, held in May at Stanford University. Today's guest blogger is Mackenzie Ryan of Florida Today.
Few low-income, high-achieving students apply to selective colleges and universities. College admissions staffs typically see eight to 15 high-income applications for every application from a low-income student. According to conventional wisdom, most of these low-income students don’t have the qualifications to get in.
Stanford University Professor Caroline Hoxby disagrees. By her estimates, that application ratio should be closer to 2-to-1. An estimated 35,000 low-income students have the qualifications to get into one of the top 238 colleges or universities, she said. They’re just not applying.
Those students do attend college – but often at less-selective institutions that don’t offer as much financial aid. That means many students are missing scholarship or
Few low-income, high-achieving students apply to selective colleges and universities. College admissions staffs typically see eight to 15 high-income applications for every application from a low-income student. According to conventional wisdom, most of these low-income students don’t have the qualifications to get in.
Stanford University Professor Caroline Hoxby disagrees. By her estimates, that application ratio should be closer to 2-to-1. An estimated 35,000 low-income students have the qualifications to get into one of the top 238 colleges or universities, she said. They’re just not applying.
Those students do attend college – but often at less-selective institutions that don’t offer as much financial aid. That means many students are missing scholarship or