TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the wake of the college admissions scandal, a new Harvard report says only a small number of kids actually get into elite universities.
The report says huge numbers of young people, especially low-income and first-generation students, struggle to access or simply can't afford college or attend colleges that aren't committed to their success.
In Jacksonville, high school juniors Vincente Waugh and Nicholas Burgess represent the kids who are just trying to make it into college.
"My parents don't have the finances and resources so we're kind of going through this road we don't know. We're happy that we're making it to even think about college. We're scared because we don't know how to bundle this money up," said Waugh. "Or even if I don't get a scholarship trying to get into FSU C.A.R.E program is something we're trying to do, but if that doesn't work out we don't really even know what we're going to do."
Burgess says he can't afford an SAT class or a tutor. Both students want to go to FSU, partly for it's C.A.R.E. program.
"I'm not too scared about it because I know I have a strong support system," said Burgess. "And I've heard good things about FSU C.A.R.E program. I heard it's just like EVAC, it's like a mentorship where they walk you through college. I'm just worried more about getting into it."
C.A.R.E. is the Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement and its goal is to help first-generation college students who face challenges because of their economic status.
Both students would be the first in their families to go to college.
