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Apology for the confusion if my opening statement was confusing or too wordy. I understand and accept college is not always the best route but is not asking about how useful college is in the real world.

What I am asking is for those who do want to attend college, how much of studying hard can make up for attending a poorly funded high school or coming from a low income family?

blu posted...

It's more about the environment. Being in a rich private school will let you associate with other rich people and learn to act like one. You learn the secret handshake that persuades people to give you money and opportunity for prestige.

Depending on the college/university, I can see this being a thing. But how would this stand out in an application when being reviewed? It has been 20 some years since I applied for college and our application, essay, transcript, SAT score, etc. were the only things we were presenting to an admission office. Maybe certain schools held interviews but most I recall were just done via applications and the required documents.

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