Commentary: As a Low-Income HS Student, I Had to Overcome Many Barriers to College. Elite Universities Must Do More to Help Those Like Me
“I went to a high school with few resources in southern Virginia, and I am one of very few graduates from my school to attend any college at all. When I moved just before my freshman year of high school, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that for the first time in my life, I was going to be a racial minority, but what I didn’t know was how different the college-going culture would be.”