Denied Financial Aid

D_yer_Maker
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:29:49 +0000

ExieMITAlum:

How cruel to send a letter of acceptance to a kid who becomes elated, and a separate FA letter to the parents that pretty leaves it up to them to squash their kid’s dream?



You hit the nail on the head. It’s painful as a parent to see that your kid did what s/he had to do, is possessed of the gifts s/he needs to possess, and s/he’s on the cusp of reaching something that s/he’s been anticipating for months (perhaps longer) only to have an admission committee throw it back at YOU, the parent, and basically say that your income is what’s holding your child back. And it’s because you make too much…and, paradoxically, at the same time you earn too little to make it happen. I’m not saying that the schools are obligated to finance every kid’s high school education…but it seems almost perverse for them to pin the blame for an abortive foray into boarding schools on the parents for being low-achievers (economically-speaking). Ow.