more likely to end up rich somewhere compared to low-income students who do graduate from college. In the article “The great Gatsby curve’: Why It’s So Hard for the Poor to Get Ahead” the author O’Brien talks about how Americans have more inequality and less mobility than any other counties, which is known as “The great Gatsby curve”. In some cases it’s harder to climb the social ladder when rugs are far apart. His main focus was low-income students who have a very small amount of opportunity and