<p>Tuition may go up yet again:
[Sixteen</a> percent tuition increase on the horizon | The Daily](<a href=“http://dailyuw.com/news/2012/may/03/sixteen-percent-tuition-increase-horizon/]Sixteen”>http://dailyuw.com/news/2012/may/03/sixteen-percent-tuition-increase-horizon/)</p>
<p>ಠ_ಠ 10char</p>
<p>I’m glad I got some good news yesterday. I got another $4K in scholarships for next year…come on state work study!!</p>
<p>Good news, everyone…</p>
<p>What was the increase last year?</p>
<p>Ouch! (10char)</p>
<p>Terrific for those of us with ridiculously high EFCs that are so not accurate…</p>
<p>^^that sucks^^</p>
<p>Yeah, my friend (dependent to parents) used to get financial aid … and then he interned for a tech company for a summer, made $$, and now doesn’t get any financial aid at all. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, he pays for all housing bills and tuition himself, so he’s considering moving home next year since he won’t be able to afford everything now that he doesn’t get aid.</p>
<p>On the plus side, when he graduates, he’ll make bank assuming he gets a return offer for full time.</p>
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<p>He needs to go to the financial aid office and explain that he doesn’t get that income anymore.</p>
<p>I have quite a few friends who are in the same situation and the FA office hasn’t taken it into account unless they’ve declared independent (one got married, so…) since anyone could just walk in and claim that to get more financial aid.</p>
<p>I can see where people really need it, where as the FA office can’t just take people’s word for it (there are many ways for people to use this to their advantage).</p>
<p>Another situation that makes me frustrated is people I know who come from really rich families, parents have retired (no income), and get their tuition covered because of the lack of income… or their parents don’t make income in the US and everything is overseas, but don’t declare it at all (these are not international students).</p>
<p>Oh okay. Huh, I didn’t realize that dependent students weren’t able to request revisions (I am indepedent because both of my parents are dead). I worked full time and made about 20 grand the year before I entered college. My EFC was somewhere around 2500. I went to the FA office and just filled out a revisions request or something like that because I no longer had that job, and my EFC was reduced back to zero. Also, not sure I see what you mean about ‘taking their word for it’. It was pretty clear from my tax records that I no longer held that job.</p>
<p>Oh, ‘taking their word for it’ meaning:</p>
<p>Student A:
-Parents make enough money to not get financial aid.
-Parents refuse to pay tuition (do it yourself, kid! we did it in the … what, 80’s …?)
-Student takes up 2-3 jobs while studying full time to pay for bills
-Student gets no financial aid based on parents’ income
-IF student walks into financial aid office to explain case, perhaps $++ (yay aid!) and s/he can drop a job or two to concentrate on studying instead of paying for the cost of living and tuition.</p>
<p>Student B:
-Parents make enough money to not get financial aid.
-Parents pay tuition.
-Student does not work and studies full time.
-Student works just because.
-IF student walks into financial aid office and claims that they are not being supported by parents and are barely making enough money for tuition, how does the financial aid staff differentiate between this student and the previous one?</p>
<p>It’s a line the FA office has to draw, unfortunately. (Hopefully my hypothetical situations here make sense ._.)</p>
<p>I missed a prior question, I think they raised tuition last year by 20%</p>
<p>@Xavi: Yep, I think it was 20% in state and 22% out of state (?)</p>