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Should financial aid in private school be stricter?
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Anonymous
OP, literally no one has done that but you. |
Anonymous
Agree. It used to be frowned upon to pick fights with strangers, but dignity is gone. |
Anonymous
Not really. I suggest to prioritize low income families for financial aid because they need more support, that’s something normal that many educations institutions do. Read the 50+ pages and most families find it a crazy idea. Moreover most parents think low income income kids are not qualified for private schools. |
Anonymous
Totally agree…. Coming from a Stranger…. Noticing the irony here? …. |
Anonymous
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Insult + sarcasm + class warfare take = Post from this OP.
Stop taking the bait, she is not persuaded by anyone on any of her threads. She has nothing new to add, just the same tired formula. |
Anonymous
Yes, because all schools are Right and no one has the right to have a a different opinion. |
Anonymous
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I am MC, send my children to the top schools with financial aid and manage to get a vacation in once a year whether internationally or domestic. I notice ALL the other parents do the same, because who wants to be the kid not doing anything for the summer. I don't feel bad about anything, because my kids went through a rigorous application process: In person interview, application with multiple essays, 2 previous years report cards and grades, At least 2 letters of recommendation, testing and then separate from that filling out a very extensive financial aid application. The school knows my finances and what is affordable and they thought that our family would be a good fit for their community. I personally don't feel if you are lower class you should go to a day school (too many variables) but should go to private via a boarding school. I think lower class kids with much academic prowess would benefit more from an elite boarding school.
a) Boarding School: Takes the pressure off parents, who may have to discuss jobs, people know where you live, drive the child a far distance everyday, attend parties and galas (what if you don't have the time for that). In day school, I have literally seen mean kid behavior where a student printed an child's address calling them "poor" the embarrassment and disappointment in that can be avoided via boarding school. b) Financial Aid: Aid at the top boarding schools (Exeter, Andover) is 10 times better and you can even get 100% of the costs covered if your income is low enough. Day schools in the DC area still require parents on aid to contribute a portion of their income to the tuition. c) Also, sorry OP, but it isn't only "your dollars" that are contributing towards funding these alleged financial aid MC and UMC scammers. It is through the generosity of alumni, parents, and outside donors. So its a shared pot of money to attract qualified students. Most of these kids go on to great careers and feel grateful for the education. So please after 50+++ pages, let's agree that financial aid is working well. |
Anonymous
Yes, I agree. It’s working well for you. |
Anonymous
After slavery ended, the U.S. government gave reparations to slave owners to compensate them for their ‘loss of property’. I thought that was super unfair. Instead of giving money and property to the slaves, who had nothing but the clothes on their backs and clearly needed it, they gave it to the wealthy white landowners. What do you think about this? Would you like to help correct this atrocity? |
Anonymous
Yes, schools can contribute to repair this atrocity by providing aid to low income families. That’s what I have been saying. |
Anonymous
This has nothing to do with slavery. Schools give aid to the kids they think will make the student body better. The students benefit from a better education, but the school benefits by having a more desired student body. Financial aid is not reparations to the families of the people enslaved on US soil. Those people deserve a cash dispersement. |
Anonymous
Stop responding to this instigator. It’s the same nonsense across several threads. It’s either a mom or a student who is spewing this. They want to go to a top dmv private, but can’t afford it and don’t have the grades to get in. So everything keeps getting boiled down to scholarships being given to MC minorities and not them. |
Anonymous
Nope, they want to keep descendants of slavery uneducated, undereducated and out of any leadership or influential position that would elevate financial status equal to theirs. What better way to do that than to restrict access to promising students of color by making it financially impossible to attend? When POC already make a 1/3 of what our counterparts make with the same level of education, experience and skill sets. Yet any attempt to “level the playing field” through financial aid, DEI programming, affirmative action is always met with vitriol. |
Anonymous
| The problem I was discussing here is more narrow that all the societal problems like slavery threats to democracy or climate change. The question is if financial aid be stricter? Given that money is limited, the answer is yes. |
Anonymous
“Stricter” is a subjective term and clearly many people disagree with you about what criteria schools should prioritize when administering their aid budget. Thankfully you just seem to be an internet troll and in no real position of responsibility to make such decisions. Will look forward to your next display of nonsense coming soon. |