Michelle Obama: 'Small Number of Students Are Getting Every Advantage'

cnsnews ^ | Dec. 5, 2014 | Susan Jones

[PROCON]

(CNSNews.com) - Speaking at a "college opportunity summit" on Thursday, First Lady Michelle Obama described "two worlds" of college-bound students:

"[T]he fact is that right now, a small number of students are getting every advantage in the college admissions race, while millions of other students who are just as talented can't even begin to compete."

Mrs. Obama was making a pitch for expanded college counseling. She said too many students go through school without any real guidance on how to get into college or how to pay for it.

She described one world, where students "don't know what classes to take, or how to prepare for the SAT or the ACT. No one helps them decide which colleges to apply to. No one reviews the their applications. And plenty of kids have no idea that they're eligible for financial aid, so they assume they just can't afford college, and they don't even bother to apply.

[JoeFromSidney]

Holy cow!!!! How old are you???

He's not as old as I am. I can remember Eleanor Roosevelt. Never cared for her, either, but at least she kept her mouth shut.

[Buckeye McFrog]

TV show “The Middle” which stars Patricia Heaton had a funny episode this week where the daughter accidentally marked her collegs apps “Native American” and the schools were treating her like royalty until they found out.

She grows up to become Senator from Massachusetts

[vpintheak]

She would know....

[Popman]

...she did joke that she and the president "wonder how we ever managed to get ourselves into college," since they didn't have the kind of counseling available to the privileged children of today. Nevertheless, both Obamas ended up at Ivy League schools.

Did students get fundamentally stupider and more helpless in the last 30 years...

As it was back when you went to school as it is today ...if you REALLY want to go to college you find a way...

This is a veiled push for more union members...

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Yeah - the black kids get a free ride, while the rest of us have to pay.