The poor tend to have fewer college options than the middle class (particularly the “middle class” of these forums).
The middle class may assume that the poor get financial aid full rides, but that is only at a small number of highly selective schools that admit few from poor families, or a small number who get full ride merit scholarships (that non poor students can try for). Even in state public options are limited in states where they are expensive with little financial aid like Pennsylvania. Most private schools do not have good financial aid.