will someone proof read this for grammatical errors?

Please! this paper is due tomorrow and i just need to make sure the grammar and punctuation are correct!!

When reviewing candidates for academic admissions, admissions officers should consider criteria other than ACT/SAT scores. Certain criteria, such as academic awards a student has earned, the student’s income and the student’s family’s income should determine whether or not the student is eligible for financial aid and/or scholarships.
As Robert Kuttner explains in his article titled “College Rankings or Junk Science” on prospect.org, “When higher tuitions spin off scholarships for other affluent kids intended mainly to raise college rankings, the result is to doubly raise barriers to poor and middle class kids, with both higher tuition costs and diminished aid.” The result of this is poorer kids doing worse in school than kids from more affluent families.
The solution to this problem? First, determine whether the student lacks the benefits of a more affluent family and the better school system that comes along with that. If a student comes from a poorer home and has to keep a job in order to take care of themselves, they should receive financial aid over those students who come from more affluent families who can afford to pay for their child’s education without the help of the state.
Also, students who have earned academic awards from their high school show a dedication to their education and deserve scholarships over those who might just have high ACT/SAT scores .

One Response to “will someone proof read this for grammatical errors?”

  1. Tom L says:

    One long sentence moves from singular to plural – starts out ‘a student’ and ends up ‘themselves/they’.

    If a student comes from a poorer home and has to keep a job in order to take care of themselves, they should receive financial aid over those students who come from more affluent families who can afford to pay for their child’s education without the help of the state.

    Change all to plural:

    If ( ) studentS come( ) from ( ) poorer homeS and HAVE to keep a job in order to take care of themselves, they should receive financial aid over those students who come from more affluent families who can afford to pay for their child’s education without the help of the state.

    The last, single-sentence paragraph should be incorporated with the preceding paragraph.

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