Financial need vs want

ucbalumnus
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:13:37 +0000

bgallo:

I do not think anyone should be held back from attending Michigan, including myself, an admitted student from an upper middle class family that doesn’t have $50,000 plus travel, book, supplies, etc. to pay for college for myself and to subsidize the education of those “who can’t afford it.” I put that in quotations as my family also cannot afford it.



If your Michigan price is that much, you must not be a Michigan resident. What is wrong with your lower cost in-state flagship? Note that very few public universities give good financial aid to out-of-state students, even if they give good financial aid to in-state students (presumably on the idea that the in-state students are much more likely to have parents who have paid state taxes in the past, and are much more likely to remain in-state to boost the economy and pay taxes in the future).

If your family income level is such that you would not get financial aid anywhere, then you are likely way above upper-middle class.