Taking A Deep Dive Into the College Board’s New Adversity Score

ninakatarina
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:49:21 +0000

My kid’s high school had over half the class receiving free or reduced price meals. It was also a magnet. Some of the magnet kids came from very poor backgrounds, a few did not. And some very few kids from the neighborhood were from the strip of waterfront properties on the edge of our zone, where million dollar houses with matching yachts are not uncommon. Most waterfront kids go to private schools, but a couple didn’t. One was a dumbass and trouble maker and I’m pretty sure his parents would have lied about his socioeconomic status to get him into college, if he hadn’t surprised us all and decided to go into the Navy.