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SheilaT

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1. There's also a real lack of good

Reply to daredtowork (Original post)

Sat Sep 26, 2015, 02:15 PM

Sep 2015

college counselors at such schools. Actually, there's a real lack of college counselors overall in the public schools. And low income students are far more likely to have parents who aren't at all knowledgeable about the entire college admissions game, so they have no one to help them out.

As it is, applying to college, weighing various aid offers, and figuring out which school makes the most sense, is a pretty tricky exercise at best.

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