evidence: Colleges and U.S. Federal Government hate kids who come from families that do the right thing. What’s the "right thing"? He comes from a family that pays their mortgage, saved some money for his tuition and put money away for retirement. [...] I get it. No one wants to hear about how the middle-class kid can’t go to the super high-end school of his dreams because he can’t afford it. [...] Hit him in the comments and tell me how out of touch I am, then remember this is all about a 17-year-old boy with a dream. A dream he worked his ass off to achieve.