I’m kind of an open book when it comes to college finances. I don’t agree that people won’t talk about the costs but would rather believe general media stuff about all the unclaimed scholarships just ripe for the picking and ignore everything else. I’ve tried to give my friends a “head’s up,” but honestly, most would rather listen to other friends who tell them what they want to hear. And yep, that includes stuff that is just nuts, like the cousin of a I’ve been working with low income students in higher ed for quarter century plus now, put two of my own through college, but hey, what do I know?
And, yes, @vineyardview that’s what I hear as well. Lots of times, I get the feeling that the high school is the worst place to get information about college financial aid. I remember hearing the amounts of scholarships earned being proudly announced at graduation. Well, I know my kid applied to 7 colleges, got automatic merit amounts at each, was asked to list them all in her grad forms. Obviously, take that times how many kids? Yeah. Lots of scholarship money. Maybe that’s what the media is talking about when it discusses “unclaimed” scholarships!