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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why in the world would you expect to get financial aid when you make $260,000 a year???[/quote]

Most people don't have an extra $6,000/mo that they don't already have going towards something else.  Being expected to come up with that kind of money is daunting.

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Most people don’t need to pay $70,000 a year for a kid to go to college either. There are plenty of less expensive options.[/quote]

Most people don't pay $70,000 a year even at colleges with $70,000 price tags.  Most people receive some level of financial aid.
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But people with HHIs like OP's family's income do have to pay $70K/year - or look elsewhere.[/quote]

That's why people call the general $150k-$300k range the donut hole.  Obviously there are other colleges, but that's not the point.  [b]The point is that a certain category of college is accessible to the poor, LMC, and the rich, but not to UMC.  
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My parents' income dropped from $75k to $35k to temporary disability while I was in college so, in the grand scheme of things, I'll take having to stretch to pay for my DCs' college and limit them from the more expensive private colleges but it seems disingenuous to pretend the donut hole isn't a thing.

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And that is OK. No one is entitled to Harvard, or an Ivy, or whatever other elite school he/she fancies. I promise you, your child will be just fine at any one of the 98% of schools that don't cost $70k.[/quote]

So if not everyone is entitled to an Ivy, why do the Ivy's jack up the price of tuition to subsidize low income kids at the expense of donut hole kids.  I guarantee if low income kids weren't subsidized a full ride, tuition would be much lower.  I don't have a problem with schools subsidizing low income kids, I just don't like how dismissive some are to the lost opportunities for donut hole kids who've worked hard, gotten the scores and are essentially priced out of the "best" schools.  I understand the reality, that doesn't mean I don't get the frustration.  [/quote]

Yeah, way to blame the poor kids when it's the rich kids that are the problem.  Schools don't jack up prices so that they can let more poor kids in, they jack up prices because there are just so many more rich kids that are willing and able to pay.  Wealth disparity is real and you've been priced out.  [/quote]

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