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<p>Harvard in particular is practically begging for high achieving, low income students to apply. I’d guess that Stanford is similar if maybe not quite as desperate.</p>

<p>Just google “harvard low income” and you might find:</p>

<p><a href=“https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23214-harvard-initiative-to-attract-low-income-students-includes-free-tuition.html”>https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23214-harvard-initiative-to-attract-low-income-students-includes-free-tuition.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you are incredibly cynical or insecure, you might see this as some sort of “trap” to lure low income kids into a false sense of security only to have their hopes and dreams crushed. I don’t.</p>

<p>Almost all top schools that you will be looking at are “need-blind” and most of them additionally seek out low income students (and spend lots of $$$ to do so).</p>

<p>The only issue I see is that these programs are a little more oriented towards African American and Hispanic students. You being 1st gen college and low income certainly helps. The Asian American part? Maybe not so much.</p>