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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so confused why people care who receives financial aid. If people feel as though they can't afford the tuition, apply for aid, regardless of what people on this forum tell you. If you feel as though you can afford tuition without aid, don't apply. At the same time, don't criticize others based on what you see. They've made a decision based on their situation and so should you. [/quote]

Because these people have been making financial decisions that they view through a moral lens, rather than just whatever is best for them. And then they get mad when their perceived moral superiority doesn’t result in them getting the best outcome over others.[/quote]
This. They think they are superior humans because they made certain financial decisions that include not resting FA, and are angry that people who made different “inferior” decisions are “rewarded” if they do ask for and receive FA.

Folks, if it bothers you that someone else got aid, YOU CAN ASK FOR IT TOO. [/quote]

There's no rational universe in which we should get aid, and I'm not going to waste my time applying for it.  There's a very significant part of this that you are ignoring, however - the request from schools to donate.  Other families are, in significant part, funding the financial aid.  That doesn't give the the right to control financial aid decisions, but it does give the the right to wonder if the decisions are made in a way I'm comfortable with.  If some random charity wants a significant donation from me, but I have knowledge that they use the donations in a way I don't agree with, my answer is going to be no.  I don't donate to pro-life organizations, for example, or the GOP.  The school doesn't get a free pass to extract extra money from me on top of tuition just because my kid goes there.  [/quote]
Then don’t donate, or do an earmarked donation to a program you do support. Problem solved, and you still get to mind your own business rather than mind other people’s financial choices. [/quote]

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