@Much2learn As someone else said here, low SES / poor students don’t have the opportunities and luxuries that high SES students have. And most of the time, the low SES are working either to help their families out or to help take care of siblings. And also, it is more common for low SES students to go to a less resourceful public school than high SES students whose parents send to private or even high ranking schools in the US. Therefore, the parents and schools don’t have a lot of resources to help the low SES students to reach their potential, as this is the case in the area that I live. Most of the time the outcome is that the students often end up going to CC’s.