Researchers Found a Cheap, Surprisingly Effective Way to Get More Low-Income Students Into College
“The sticker price of college is increasing, but for low-income students, financial aid programs can make some of the most competitive schools the most affordable. Yet the maze of application forms and fees dissuades many high-achieving, low-income students from applying at all. Studies have found as many as 40 percent of incoming students do not attend the most competitive school they could get into, and that this ‘undermatching’ phenomenon is driven by students’ application choices rather than schools’ admissions decisions.”