Cost of Attendance.

pilot2012
Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:53:13 +0000

First, continuing the correction pattern – Schreyer is not $5,000 in merit aid.

Second, we did not count on the “surprise” scholarship when making our final decisions, Pennsydad; actually, the unanticipated scholarship was a third one that was just applied to the tuition bill. Yes, it does happen. Like LTL, it was simply icing on the cake.

Third, I’ve never advocated basing decisions on “hope” and that was not my purpose in sharing. My intent is not to save “the naive” but to correct misleading comments perpetuated by a poster. Sorry if I’m a bit skeptic about the altruistic intent. I certainly hope that LTL is posting on the Pitt forum also. And I mean that.

It is unfortunate that some students will find that they cannot afford Penn State, the debt too onerous to justify attendance and alternatives will need pursued. That occurrence is a systemic problem with the system and isn’t unique to Penn State.