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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by ensignavenger on Sunday March 17, 2019 @10:35AM (#19414204)
I'm pretty sure some, if not most, of those colleges have scholarships that are "need based". And even if they don't, there is the Pell Grant.
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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by alwillis on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:19PM (#19417097)
Except that students of poor families aren’t in good school systems and often don’t get adequate preparation for college, especially for majoring in STEM.
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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by AlexTWithBeard on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:30PM (#19417163)
Having a STEM degree is not the only alternative to poverty.

A guy repairing my dryer has charged $350 for one hour. I'm sure some of it went towards spare parts and such, but even $50 bucks an hour is a pretty decent income.

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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by alwillis on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:30AM (#19419070)
Having a STEM degree is not the only alternative to poverty.

I didn’t suggest that having a STEM degree was the only way out of poverty. My point: if poor students wanted to get STEM degrees, they often don’t have the high school preparation to do so and their families can’t afford the tutors, test prep courses and academic coaches affluent families have access to.

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Re:The difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ by ensignavenger on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:25AM (#19421250)
Thats a different problem, and it is a blanket statement that isn't true everywhere.
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