I’m getting the feeling from @thumper1’ 's postings that some people think that I came off as a spoiled brat complaining that I didn’t get financial aid. This is the problem with communicating on the Internet, everything is reduced to words which usually only account for less than half of our communication. I was merely making an attempt to educate myself further so that I know I’m not making mistakes. Again, the American college experience is something I am very unaware of, all that I know is through the Internet and forums like this. My family and I have no idea how financial aid works, so naturally when people who live in the same neighborhood as me, or my dad’s coworkers, tell us that they received X amount of financial aid, it naturally makes us curious. Which is why I made the post, I need to learn more about how financial aid works.