Not saving for retirement to pay for school?

[Anonymous]

Y'all can calm down now, ya hear? Including the W2s with your SSS application DOES show that you contributed to your 401k (whether you meant to or not!) ... the folks interpreting the forms know that not everyone understands how to fully complete these forms and they use the documentation to assist in analyzing each case. Missing info is probably seen as an honest oversight or misunderstanding rather than cheating as some of you leap to conclude.

[Anonymous]

But to defend not disclosing after claiming it was an honest oversight? That's intel;lectually dishonest.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is. But folks with those sorts of ethics reveal themselves in many ways each and every day ... makes it hard for their kids to get into the best schools, earn FA, and learn good ethics themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But to defend not disclosing after claiming it was an honest oversight? That's intel;lectually dishonest.

I just found out it was an oversight. I've already decided not to enroll in private and take aid. What is the point of disclosing now....they wouldn't care. I think it would be a waste of their time to contact the school again and tell them that even though I'm not enrolling and not taking aid I wanted to point out that I made a mistake on the FA application. I think they would roll their eyes.

Are you missing the fact that I'm not getting any aid and not enrolling my child or do you actually think that calling them just to clear the air matters to anyone now? I would agree that if I was taking aid offered that I would certainly need to have it addressed...but I'm not....you see?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But to defend not disclosing after claiming it was an honest oversight? That's intel;lectually dishonest.

I just found out it was an oversight. I've already decided not to enroll in private and take aid. What is the point of disclosing now....they wouldn't care. I think it would be a waste of their time to contact the school again and tell them that even though I'm not enrolling and not taking aid I wanted to point out that I made a mistake on the FA application. I think they would roll their eyes.

Are you missing the fact that I'm not getting any aid and not enrolling my child or do you actually think that calling them just to clear the air matters to anyone now? I would agree that if I was taking aid offered that I would certainly need to have it addressed...but I'm not....you see?

Intellectual dishonesty is what I am calling you on, regardless whether you ever apply again for FA.

I like what a PP just said, that you no doubt reveal your character every day in your life and, since you raise your kids with your values, your kids are probably not going to make it into the best schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But to defend not disclosing after claiming it was an honest oversight? That's intel;lectually dishonest.

I just found out it was an oversight. I've already decided not to enroll in private and take aid. What is the point of disclosing now....they wouldn't care. I think it would be a waste of their time to contact the school again and tell them that even though I'm not enrolling and not taking aid I wanted to point out that I made a mistake on the FA application. I think they would roll their eyes.

Are you missing the fact that I'm not getting any aid and not enrolling my child or do you actually think that calling them just to clear the air matters to anyone now? I would agree that if I was taking aid offered that I would certainly need to have it addressed...but I'm not....you see?

Intellectual dishonesty is what I am calling you on, regardless whether you ever apply again for FA.

I like what a PP just said, that you no doubt reveal your character every day in your life and, since you raise your kids with your values, your kids are probably not going to make it into the best schools.

WTF are you talking about lady? How would you remedy the situation if you were me? You are delusional if you think it's a good idea to contact schools that my kid isn't enrolled in to tell them about a financial aid application mistake. What in your mind would make me intellectually honest again?

I just have to think that you are not understanding what I am typing. I told you that if I actually received aid based on the incorrect application that would be dishonest if I accepted it knowing a mistake had been made. I would not do that; I would have to address it. Did you not understand that?

On top of everything else you equate me not being honest with my kids not making it into the best schools...really? That's what happens to children of dishonest parents? The horror! That really puts your thinking into perspective.

[Anonymous]

OP, Meet Suze Orman.