This document summarizes research on various social factors that influence student academic success. It reports on a survey of 106 college students that found cultural stereotypes may negatively impact minority student performance, with Caucasian students more likely to have a GPA over 3.5. It also found that students with loans reported their financial status as more influential on grades and had slightly lower GPAs. Further, students with more involved parents or alloparents in their education tended to have higher GPAs. The document concludes that social factors likely influence academic success but the study results were inconclusive due to limitations.