<p>So, I was wondering which well ranked school is a good fit for someone that comes from a financially burdened family? I've heard that great schools like Harvard and Princeton are only filled with rich white kids, and that students from the minority have a hard time with their moral because of this. I want to go to these schools too, but I don't want to feel like the odd man out.</p>
<p>Which schools have good diversity of both race and family income? Where would I belong?</p>
<p>You can look up the self-reported race and ethnicity of students at various schools at [CollegeData:</a> College Search, Financial Aid, College Application, College Scholarship, Student Loan, FAFSA Info, Common Application](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com%5DCollegeData:”>http://www.collegedata.com) .</p>
<p>Here are some handy tables of what percentage of students are using Pell Grants (and proxy for the approximately lowest 40% of household income – note that the description in these tables says “under $20,000”, but many students from households with income more than that get Pell Grants):
[Economic</a> Diversity Among the Top 25 Ranked Schools | Rankings | Top National Universities | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools]Economic”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools)
[Economic</a> Diversity | Rankings | Top National Universities | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity]Economic”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity)</p>
<p>I’d suggest avoiding urban campuses where your peers are likely to spend more time going out and spending money - particularly campuses in or near NYC. Stick to rural, self-contained “bubble” campuses, where the majority (if not all) student activities are on campus and you won’t have to spend money to participate.</p>
<p>You might also want to look for campuses where a high percentage of students are not involved in fraternities and sororities. Joining can be expensive, but if at least half the students on campus aren’t members, you won’t feel left out.</p>
<p>I think attending H or P or similar would be great for a low income student since they give the best aid.</p>
<p>All filled with rich white kids??? no. Those schools pride themselves on diversity of race, income, etc. </p>
<p>Will there be some rich kids? Yes. But guess what? There are rich kids on every campus. There are probably MORE rich kids on the schools that don’t give great aid since low income kids can’t afford those schools.</p>
<p>from your past posts, it looks like you’re trying to transfer into one of these schools after starting college elsewhere. Your high school record is lowish and will get looked at since you’ve just started college.</p>
<p>I don’t think H and P accepts transfers…at least not ones who are very hooked. </p>
<p>You need to have a realistic college list based on your record.</p>
<p>Princeton does not admit transfer students at all. Harvard admit very few. The best transfer-to Lvy for a poor student would probably be Cornell. The NYS divisions admit many transfers every year from the NYS community colleges.</p>