Rachel Mazyck (North Carolina & Linacre 2005) co-authors opinion piece for the Washington Post about low-income students applying to selective schools

"Each April, the tables are turned in admissions offices of selective U.S. colleges as their role shifts from the pursued to the pursuer. Prestigious colleges nationwide compete for high-achieving high school seniors with multiple college offers who must confirm a choice by May 1.

Unfortunately, few low-income students are in that lucky group. A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper estimates that there are 25,000 to 35,000 exceptionally promising low-income students — a far greater number than previously believed — with an A-minus or better high school GPA and scoring at the 90th percentile or above on the SAT or ACT." Read more at the Washington Post.