<p>No, I recognize and understand it completely- in addition to being on substantial scholarships and working part time my entire undergraduate career, I’m also about to take out over $150,000 in loans to finance my graduate education. </p>
<p>My point was more don’t be shortsighted, since your freshman dorm is going to have a tremendous impact on your time at NU. Aggregated over the course of the school year, $300 comes to roughly $1.11 a day over the course of the year. I recognize that even this can be a hardship for some families, and yours could very well be one, but I was trying to put this in perspective of the greater financial undertaking of college, choosing your dorm on what is, overall, a small expense may be penny-wise, pound foolish. I’m advocating that you pick dorms using that as a factor, but if necessary you cut costs other ways. </p>
<p>As for “Your inability to comprehend that every dollar is a big deal to some people says quite a lot about you. And while I won’t generalize that every NU student is like you, it does make your many posts on the NU forum of a dubious objectivity.”</p>
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<li>Your assumption that I can’t grasp that rather than that I was making my above point says a great deal about *you[/you].</li>
<li>You have no idea what I’m like or who I am, so generalizing that every NU student is like me would be especially foolish. For the record, I’m atypical, but part of the atypicality is that I am on substantial scholarship.</li>
<li>I have no idea how my having many posts plus your seeming to think I’m an elitist privileged snob who’s out of touch with fiscal difficulties could even begin to compromise objectivity, but I challenge you to find fault with my posts about NU. You’re in high school- you should perhaps get some perspective before choosing to be so judgmental.</li>
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