<p>Vassar is consistently in the top 10 schools for financial aid. That being said, those of us in the middle income brackets have a difficult time paying for any college, state or private. Our taxes pay to help lower income kids to go the college(I don’t have a problem with this) but we in the middle get no help. For example, NYS gives us $ 500 towards the cost of college based upon our income. The government must stop giving easy to get loans which just encourage colleges to continue raising costs.</p>