I know for a fact that expense plays a major role in making college equal for Americans. A ‘major reason why so many people attend a community college before transferring to a four year university is solely because of the cost. The cost of college is extremely expensive, and depending on your income, it effects how much financial aid you are awarded by FAFSA. If you are in a middle class family such as Tam in, and currently have a sibling already in school, and your parents make a good amount of money, you are barely granted any financial aid. Eventually ‘my parents will have to take out loans to pay for my brother and Ito finish college. [hate the thought that college is so expensive and so many people spend their life in debt trying to pay back student debts. In order for this essay to be effective, I will need to consider how various universities around the world go about their admissions process and if ther higher education is consideriea equal opportunity. I need to research information about the similarities and differences of other institutions around the world. | also need to find statistics about the past for the number of people who attended college 20 years ago and what the admissions process consisted of back then, I also of tL y need to look at statistics about each ether working classtSpoor, middle, and rich and see the correlation between their socioeconomic status and the number of people who are going to college. earned during my period of inquiry, that when people think of all people they tend to forget about those with physical and mental disabilities, but mainly just focus on race and gender. I also leamed that although people with disabilities are accepted into college, they do not fully get to experience everything a person without a disability gets to. For example, sports. The intermural or club sports are not solely designed for those with disabilities, and therefore, they do not get an equal opportunity. It is important that everyone is included in the college experience.