Getting a little worried!

sovereigndebt
Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:54:38 +0000

mex:

If that is aimed at me, I dont understand where it comes from. I was NOT putting anyone down. You have promoted your kid’s stats a lot on this board. I was merely stating that Fordham admissions/scholarshipcomittee/financial aid is quirky and very arbitrary. Anyone who gets the money should take it and run and I said so and congratulate them. I was criticizing the PROCESS, not the person.

If it were up to me, there would be no merit scholarships and there would ONLY be very generous financial aid (grants, not loans) to those with demonstrated need, and people who have the money (i.e. annual income) should just pay the freight. What that figure would be, I don’t know. The Ivy League I believe says anyone with an income below 160k a year gets generous grants so they dont have to take on student debt. Davidson does the same thing.