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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of why it's gotten so insanely expensive to go to many colleges is [b]because families that are UMC are expected to shoulder not just the cost of their own kid attending but all the kids that are attending for free or at low rates.[/b] I want those kids to go to college too but that should be funded from either government money or endowments not jacking up tuition on other families struggling to pay for school too. [/quote]

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That’s the big secret of the schools that no one talks about. Who is really funding all of the need blind awards. It’s not the endowments. And it’s def not the government.

It’s the fact that tuition goes up every year and insane amount and families with over $300,000 in income are expected to be full pay. That is robbery from one group to satisfy the other.[/quote]

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TO me the bigger issue is merit aid that takes away from the pot of money for financial need. If all that emrit aid went into the financial need jar, the income level you need to have to qualify for need based aid would be higher.

My nieces and nephews and cousins got 20 to 30k in merit aid for tons of schools. These are very well off kids whose parents can absolutely afford to be full pay. I'd rather see that money go to middle class kids, not kids whose parents make half a million a year.[/quote]

Yup. It should all be need based. [/quote]

Nope!  If you need/want that, CC then transfer to VCU if you are a VA resident.  There you go---college is completely affordable.  We are not a socialist country---if you want that there are plenty to go live in.   But you do not get to tell universities that they cannot attract top students by offering Merit awards.  That's how outside of the t20 schools, they attract the top tier of students, thereby elevating the experience for everyone at the school.  Kids in the 30-70 range are typically going to go where they get the best merit, and that is how you attract the top tiered students who were shut out of a T20/25 school

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