Needing financial aid for university is so awful, how can you americans live with that.
I just spent like, $80 applying for financial aid.
(and I just realized I put this in the wrong channel. It should be in academics.)
FASFA should be free.
Hopefully Obama's student aid reform will go through. I've been out of school for 8 years now and still owe $30K.
FAFSA is free, but most schools want an additional gajillion forms because they hate to give students money.
I don't think it's this, Haphazard (I know more than a bit about this -- I'm not a financial counselor or anything, but I program financial aid systems for a living). It's more that schools want to give what little money they have to the *right* students -- and the FAFSA doesn't necessarily ask the right questions to ensure that. Also, at some schools there are financial aid decisions made in the months of November and December -- and you can't even fill out a FAFSA until January.
If you don't want to pay the College Board to submit the CSS-Profile, you may have other options -- I know that my school has an alternate form that we publish that can be used in lieu of the Profile that is completely free.
Needing financial aid for university is so awful, how can you americans live with that.
I don't know, but I've realized one thing, that student loans are an excellent cattle prod to get those just out of college to find a job.
Hopefully Obama's student aid reform will go through. I've been out of school for 8 years now and still owe $30K.
If I pay for your college education and you pay for mine, we're right back where we started in a zero sum game.
If I pay for your college education and you pay for mine, we're right back where we started in a zero sum game. Or, were you saying that other Americans owe you money, but you owe them nothing?
Some of us go without. It used to be much easier to get through school (by that I mean logistically). These days I wonder if the debt incurred by going to school is even worth it.
Not exactly true because you don't have to pass through loan agencies, there are no interest rates, etc. etc. so the burden is much lower.
Besides, it's not zero-sum. The money supply grows slightly more slowly than debt.
Well.. hrm.. yeah.
Ensuring that there exists slightly less money than exists money owed is what keeps the economy a big game of musical chairs.
Don't listen to Speculative.