A 2001 U.S. Department of Education report claimed that students in poverty are 15 percent less likely to have access to computers at school than
students in the highest income brackets.
Not exact matches
Its
students come from some of the
highest and lowest
income brackets in the city, range from gifted to severely behind, and are largely taught together
in the same classrooms.
A poor
student with
high SAT scores is less likely to finish college than a
student with lower scores who happens to be
in a
higher income bracket.
The absolute worst case scenario if you're not insolvent AND
in the
highest tax
bracket (which would be very rare given the
income level required) would be 37 % — meaning you effectively see 2/3 of your
student loan balance disappear.
However, some
students may not be able to secure as much funding through that avenue as they require — particularly if their parents are
in too
high of an
income bracket.
My friends
in the [$ 250,000 +
income bracket that would be subject to tax increases] tend to have have
high mortgages, work 60 - 80 hours a week, pay 40 - 50K or more a year for child care (a nanny is necessary when you often work into the late evening — and even day care for two kids
in the DC area costs close to 40K a year), and have six figures worth of
student loans, primarily from professional school, that they are still paying off.