Race in MIT admissions.

StarbucksBarista
Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:22:24 +0000

@underarchiever

“The assumption that lower income family would have dramatic less of opportunity is quite bogus”

I’m assuming you don’t come from a lower income family then. Lower income families have less of opportunity because 1) the kids probably have to work jobs in order to contribute to the family (therefore not having time to do other things) 2) the parents who have low income probably were not well educated, therefore do not know of the opportunities and resources available / do not see the importance of these resources and of education in general 3) the parents probably cannot afford to pay for the child to participate in various opportunities such as sports, music, art, etc in which many skills are stemmed from and 4) children from low income families probably have more to worry about than research projects or internships when they’re worrying about having enough money to keep the heat on or take care of their siblings at home…

*From experience. Not saying this is true for everyone but for a large portion of low income families, some or all of this applies.