<p>“Has anybody even bothered to look at the demand side of this equation? How many poor/working class/first generation college students are even interested in going to a highly selective college?”</p>
<p>We have a kid with the scores, talent and ECs to likely be a candidate for a highly selective college. Her passion is Classics which is best represented at that type of college, but I’m a lowly admin and hubby is a garbageman and neither of us has attended college, so I’m not all sure that we’d have the courage to support/encourage/allow her to apply, never mind attend, one of those schools. Perhaps, but it’s way outside our realm of experience.</p>