You definitely see this for sure. I advise anyone (minorities in particular) who asks me about college to go to community college. I say this almost irrespectiv

You definitely see this for sure. I advise anyone (minorities in particular) who asks me about college to go to community college. I say this almost irrespective of their high school grades (I actually told someone on college confidential who was valedictorian to go to community college and transfer to USC, which ended up happening for them a couple years later, despite the fact that they were originally rejected). The Pell grant alone will pay for almost two years of community college plus books. Add the fact that community college is inherently a commuter school and you also have the possibility of working as well. The reason why I advise minorities in particular to take this path is because they're way more likely to qualify for the Pell grant. As a final note, I'm very aware that many of these people won't actually transfer or graduate with an associates, which is sad, but at least failing the before mentioned path only results in wasted time and not five figures of debt. ----- Unfortunately many of the factors that result in poverty for black students' families also rear their ugly head when said students are in school, preventing them from maximizing the ROI on college.