<p>just low income… or …?</p>
<p>Yea, low income.</p>
<p>k thats what i thought. now im wondering why my exclusively middle-class and up high school makes us apply for them…</p>
<p>Lol (10 chars)</p>
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<p>Because they want to combat information asymmetry. A lot of times, low-income people aren’t aware of the opportunities presented to them and therefore cannot take advantage of them. I guarantee you that there are some low-income people at your school. By making everyone apply for the CalGrant, the administration ensures that these low-income folks don’t fall through the cracks.</p>
<p>whats “10 chars” mean?</p>
<p>you need at least 10 characters in a post, so you add that on to the end to make it long enough.</p>
<p>minimum post length has to be 10 characters…so be who reply with “lol” need to fill up space by putting “10 char”</p>
<p>sfgiants, i go to piedmont high school (from your sn im assuming you know of it). there are no low-income students here.</p>
<p>lol, whoa dude, I go to bishop o’dowd, i know a buncha people who go to piedmont…pretty sure none are deserving of calgrants haha</p>
<p>yep- exactly. every single person at this school is middle class or richer.</p>
<p>wow I thought there was like nobody from our area on here…hella tight</p>
<p>No, actually I have not heard of it. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you are very naive if you think every single person in your school is middle-class or higher. They probably just do a good job of fitting in and not drawing attention to themselves. Furthermore, these low-income individuals probably feel pressure to appear to have a higher income than they actually do, because they wouldn’t fit in otherwise.</p>
<p>It’s sort of like gay people. Many people SWEAR that there are no gay people at their school. They ARE there, they just don’t make themselves known.</p>
<p>I know nothing of the specifics of your school, but I DO know that sometimes people forge their residency documents so that their kids can attend a prestigious school not in their district. These people aren’t necessarily middle-income.</p>
<p>Just because you aren’t aware of low-income people does not mean that there are none.</p>
<p>nice post ^</p>
<p>i know i sound naive, but i am not kidding. to go to this school the family must live in piedmont. the very cheapest house in piedmont is around $900,000 right now (my mother is a real estate agent). the school administration is extremely good at cracking down on people who try to forge residency documents.<br>
this is my 12th year at piedmont, its a very tight night community and i know every person in my class as well as most people in the class above and those below.<br>
i’m not trying to get into an argument about this, i’m just saying that i would be extremely extremely shocked if there was anyone at my school who is considered working class. i’m at the lower end of parental income spectrum and my family lives very comfortably.</p>
<p>and there are surprisingly many out kids at my school despite its conservative and uptight atmosphere.</p>
<p>Fair enough. Perhaps it is a requirement for all schools to distribute the information.</p>
<p>what would you say is the highest qualifying income for calgrant? 50k?</p>