<p>This is tough.</p>
<p>It’s not money that gets a kid from high school to the Ivies, it’s drive.</p>
<p>Money can compensate for a lack of drive with parents putting opportunities on a silver platter but it’s not so advantageous that low income can’t overcome it. </p>
<p>My personal experience is that there s a definite knowledge gap. I was on the wrong side of that gap not knowing it existed until I found out accidentally then pursued that knowledge relentlessly.</p>
<p>I found out that the requirements to get into an Ivy weren’t just higher, they were way higher and much broader and excellence highly desired. I found out that our public school guidance counselor never had a student go to an Ivy. She was an expert at community college, state schools and work after H.S. but knew little to nothing of applying to an Ivy.</p>
<p>That was my disadvantage but once I learned what it took, it was just a matter of doing it.</p>