Don't Let This Happen

cptofthehouse
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:04:36 +0000

I think it’s the old “if you are a hammer, all you see is the nail” adage in place. GCs want to facilitate the college process, and the financial aid part just isn’t on the list other than as a hand out and the subject of maybe one lecutre that is very generic. Actually that is all that needs to be given as long as key points are addressed in both, like how the financial aid process actually works. I went to a number of these and would never have gotten an nutshell understanding that a long post here could give. During the early years, I had no more understanding of the process after walking out of those talks than before. It wasn’t until I sat there and actually went throught the process, read the books, looked up some things, that I got it . And I’d love to kick some useless GC tail over that. I wasn’t on these boards–don’t even know if CC was around those days. It took a while before I go the understanding as to how things work,and it really is upsetting that this is not a standard core of knowledge. Many, many people are going through this process considering one of the most expensive ventures with no idea how the pricing works and guides are skirting the issue. It’s insane.