<p>Why doesn’t anyone seem to understand this: darksuited and I, as well as the few others who have chimed in to support the OP, are doing so because of the level of childish, rude, and unhelpful responses that she received. If you believe that taking out loans for Cornell is worth it (which I do), then you can respond like this:</p>
<p>“I’m sorry it seems like a lot, but in the long run it will be worth it, so just step back and decide if around 20K in debt is worth a Cornell degree.”</p>
<p>But for some reason, everyone on this website has a stick so far up their a$$ that all they can do is respond like an angry mob to a valid question. That’s why this thread got heated, because we pushed back against statements such as “barely scraped into Cornell” and “this post *<strong><em>es me the </em></strong> off” and other insensitive, unhelpful comments. Why the hell people think they need to post just to bring other people down is beyond me - its pathetic.</p>