Olivia Yates, a sophomore at the Community College of Baltimore County, says she’s not ashamed of her choice to attend a community college. Both of her parents went to the college and supported her decision to apply there in her senior year of high school and take advantage of the inexpensive tuition. But when she and a friend heard about seniors at their former high school celebrating acceptances to universities and getting scholarships last year, they found themselves commiserating about how bad it made them feel about themselves.
