Low Income Struggles

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Students who come from low-income backgrounds are considered less likely to begin or finish college. Low-income families struggle to get in college let alone to even finish college. Students from an low-income family couldn’t stay in college even if they had a scholarship, do to the fact that even a scholarship doesn’t cover everything you may need to continue your schooling and graduate. On the other hand, students who scored between 1200-1600 on their SAT’s were half as likely to finish college or get a start in college. College students from an low-income family struggle to get or complete college, doing so takes hard work and an awful lot of money which they struggle to get now.

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