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Andrew Gillum, who is running for governor of Florida, is a Florida A & M alumnus. Will be interesting, but actually not surprising - HBCUs do produce more than their share of movers and shakers in public life.
The kid does not get a generous scholarship from any profile. I would know from graduating from two Ivy Leagues.
At the undergraduate level if you're parents make under a certain level, you will get a complete package of financial aid (grants mostly).
At the masters level, no one gets grants at the Ivy League, ditto the professional schools. One has to pay cash or get student loans, and one undergoes a credit check to be able to take out the student loans. There's no way if you can't pay.
Negative. Harvard Medical School for one offers and array of scholarships.
HBCUs are equivalent to everyone else's HS standard. Maybe AP classes. The people I meet who graduated from these schools are basement level applicants.
I have a feeling that the correlation between income and Harvard acceptance is a bit more complex than simply their parents earn more. Notably, having a higher income can afford you a lot of things that bolster your chances at the Ivies. You can live in a better neighborhood with better education, you can afford for extracurriculars, you can afford the AP tests, you can afford tutoring, etc. Thus, their acceptance is more or less based on their high school performance, which could only be afforded by their more affluent parents. So I guess in the end you two aren't really disagreeing on anything.
How much student loan debt are the Black Upper Class and Black Middle Class holding?
At least for the UPPER class students, one would think little to none... if your parents have the money, why would they encourage you to take on student debts? I grew up in an wealthy environment (and family), went to a "fancy" prep school, and very few students were in need of loans or scholarships. If offered a scholarship they'd take it, of course, but our counselors honestly didn't even address the financial aspects of attending college.
Granted, this was 25 years ago; so I understand college is more expensive now, even for the upper class.
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