Anonymous wrote:I'm so sick of the lack of sympathy people have on this board for people who seem to be doing the right things.

The mom who works to help save up for college is penalized, while the SAHM's family gets financial aid. And the response is, "well, quit your job then!"

Or, "Move out of DC!" (This is a DC site. Take your hate elsewhere) Or "Don't marry another Fed!"

These are all hard-working people realizing the game is rigged. It should be okay to hate the game, but you insist on hating the people trying to play fair.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm so sick of the lack of sympathy people have on this board for people who seem to be doing the right things.

The mom who works to help save up for college is penalized, while the SAHM's family gets financial aid. And the response is, "well, quit your job then!"

Or, "Move out of DC!" (This is a DC site. Take your hate elsewhere) Or "Don't marry another Fed!"

These are all hard-working people realizing the game is rigged. It should be okay to hate the game, but you insist on hating the people trying to play fair.

I've never heard any of this on DCUM. People are just honest, in that, you are not some sacrificial lamb, because you have an upper middle class salary and can afford college, but chose to live above your means. I am sympathetic to recently upper middle class families, but often, there are people complaining on here who've made HHI of $300-500k for the past 8 years and expect the rest of us to cry about their difficulty with a budget.

Telling people on a DC site that they're stupid for living in DC is practically a pastime here.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so sick of the lack of sympathy people have on this board for people who seem to be doing the right things.

The mom who works to help save up for college is penalized, while the SAHM's family gets financial aid. And the response is, "well, quit your job then!"

Or, "Move out of DC!" (This is a DC site. Take your hate elsewhere) Or "Don't marry another Fed!"

These are all hard-working people realizing the game is rigged. It should be okay to hate the game, but you insist on hating the people trying to play fair.

I've never heard any of this on DCUM. People are just honest, in that, you are not some sacrificial lamb, because you have an upper middle class salary and can afford college, but chose to live above your means. I am sympathetic to recently upper middle class families, but often, there are people complaining on here who've made HHI of $300-500k for the past 8 years and expect the rest of us to cry about their difficulty with a budget.

Anonymous wrote:So I started checking the net price calculators. We are both feds and have been for 20-plus years, with plenty of promotions. Own our little rowhouse. Almost paid off. 20 years of TSP. 2 kids, strictly DCPS. Old car, limited spending, lots of savings. No medical bills.

We’re gonna be at max for ability to pay even though we aren’t living in champagne and caviar. Right?

I just need to count my blessings right? We’ve had stability and ability to pay even if we aren’t living high on the hog. People with more precarious lives deserve the lower price. Right?

I guess merit aid is possible - first kid did great on PSAT. But we’re still likely to just pay full freight even then because if he applies to a reach school EA or ED we’ll say yes, right?

Anonymous wrote:I'm so sick of the lack of sympathy people have on this board for people who seem to be doing the right things.

The mom who works to help save up for college is penalized, while the SAHM's family gets financial aid. And the response is, "well, quit your job then!"

Or, "Move out of DC!" (This is a DC site. Take your hate elsewhere) Or "Don't marry another Fed!"

These are all hard-working people realizing the game is rigged. It should be okay to hate the game, but you insist on hating the people trying to play fair.

Anonymous wrote:You live in DC? Apply to the UCs and UMich / Wisconsin. In state tuition!

Anonymous wrote:It’s maddening that there isn’t a cost of living adjustment. Families who earn $250k in rural America will be feeling much more abundant than families living in metro DC or the Bay Area or NJ…where that’s considered penny-pinching income.

Anonymous wrote:"affluent" households as those who either earn at least $210,000 or have a net worth of about $1.8 million, a level that places them above 90% of U.S. households.

It’s crazy that $200k is the cutoff amount Hopkins, Duke, the Ivies, etc picked for providing free tuition.. that’s top 10% of the US.

Why not help some $300k donut holes?

Anonymous wrote:It’s maddening that there isn’t a cost of living adjustment. Families who earn $250k in rural America will be feeling much more abundant than families living in metro DC or the Bay Area or NJ…where that’s considered penny-pinching income.