If I hear, "I got merit aid from [need only school]!" one more time...

psych_2
Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:10 +0000

I do know that the statement contributes to that great college myth of all of those scholarships out there for good students, so don’t worry about cost.



Exactly. And yes, people should do more research but a lot, including my parents, just don’t, and it’s not helpful to have misinformation (or at the very least, really ambiguous information) “making the rounds” as "old truth."You don’t know how many times I had to tell my parents "NO, Top Ten School will NOT just offer me a “scholarship” because I’m “smart.” And my parents are very bright, well-educated people who had just always heard the myth that money will, somehow, be out there for “good kids.”