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| | USNews.com: Low-income students have long been a rare and invisible minority at elite colleges, but that may be about ... |
 | | Her father, a New Jersey building contractor with a community-college degree, makes close to the national median family income, which is roughly $51,000. |
 | | When her roommate, early in the year, told her she was going out to get "a cheap school bag" and came home with one that cost $80, Sparano's jaw dropped. |
 | | In class, she seemed to be a voice in the wilderness: When a professor in one small discussion group asked the class why they thought people joined the military, the wealthier kids, she says, started talking about duty and how prestigious the military academies were: "I was like, let's be honest," she says. |
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