<p>It's still a luxury item for sure, but it's the first time I've heard that these services are ever offered to those who couldn't normally afford it.</p>
<p>It is wonderfu that they are doing this. It isn't as if, however, they're doing that work for free (nor am I suggesting that they should. They are professionals and deserve to be paid for their expertise and time).</p>
<p>The program is being supported by foundations, which is how I assume the salaries and other things are being paid.</p>
<p>I also noticed that the program is sending lots of those LA students to visit top East Coast schools. Basically what it seems the program is doing is providing East Coast colleges with the opportunity to select the cream of the corp of disadvantaged students, a highly desired group of students.</p>
<p>Check out what College Summit is doing. It provides counseling and other services to disadvantaged students, but instead of focusing on the cream of the crop, it provides services to capable students who might not otherwise make it to college without their help.</p>
<p>School districts pay college summit to provide their services, which they do with the help of lots of trained volunteers as well as a small paid staff.</p>
<p>collegesummit.org</p>
<p>Meanwhile, no matter how much consultants give to disadvantaged students, it won't be enough. What's needed is for our government to provide disadvantaged students with the type of schools and resources that will allow them to attain their potential.</p>
<p>It simply is wrong that the most disadvantaged students are also the students who get the worst public schools and the weakest teachers and counselors.</p>
<p>NSM: you are so right!</p>
<p>If we could just channel more cc energy in this direction. OK. I have no answers at all as to how. Just a wish.</p>
<p>I agree that CC could be a big help to disadvantaged kids.Anyone here whose kids attend public schools with economically diverse populations--could contact their guidance counselors, principals and put up signs advertising the website. Any kid who can visit a public library can access the internet and get this assistance--all of us who visit public libraries could also inform the reference librarians and ask them to publicize this.</p>
<p>On the ther hand, any disadvantaged kid who has the curiousity-ingenuity-resourcefulness to get on the Web and seek college help will likely end up here and exactly those kids are the ones who should be going to good colleges.</p>
<p>"Meanwhile, no matter how much consultants give to disadvantaged students, it won't be enough. What's needed is for our government to provide disadvantaged students with the type of schools and resources that will allow them to attain their potential.</p>
<p>It simply is wrong that the most disadvantaged students are also the students who get the worst public schools and the weakest teachers and counselors. "</p>
<p>Amen, NSM. Amen.</p>