CSS Profile...Expensive!!!

bluebayou
Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:27:32 +0000

Sybbie:

I second your comments. If kids are applying to schools that cost ~$200k by the time they are done, $18 is a small price to pay to look for some free money. (At best, its the cost of a few frappucinos at Starbucks.)

FastLane: Alternatively, we could go back to the good old days (aka dark ages of the '70s), when every college had its OWN application and its OWN FinAid forms – yes, they were free, but they all had different directions, required different reporting and were inconsistently applied. OTOH, think about completing 8 COMPLETELY different FAFSa’s, all with different rules and directions, and interpretations – is $18 worth it for a ONE, simplified form? For some folks, absolutely.

I don’t begrudge CB thier (monopoly) business as long as the continue to heavily promote and subsidize waivers to kids that cannot afford the fees.