<p>I think the issue is that this is not a general tread about economy and college education costs. It’s all about Amherst specifically, and all my responses and context (if your read all posts in this tread) were directly relative to Amherst. What about you?</p>
<p>Therefore, what Amherst does is paramount for the purposes of this discussion, and I’d like to stay on topic. If you have other ideas, you may have to start another general thread in a different location to discuss the state of education and economy in general.</p>
<p>Lastly, combining Amherst with “any other school places” in terms of financial aid is not accurate to say the least. Amherst financial assistance far superior compared to majority of the private schools, and $60k loan (if it even possible there) could be easily be $120k loan in other places. How did you come up with $60k loan, would you care to share a scenario (income, FA, loan type)?</p>
<p>I truly suggest you to do a research on Amherst financial aid assistance, because, honestly, I have no idea where you pulling your numbers from. </p>