NJ Stars

chey
Sun, 03 May 2009 18:03:23 +0000

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I am sorry that your daughter wasn’t covered under NJStars, and that is not fair.

I’m not saying that I expect financial aid to cover for expenses and such, it just seems ridiculous to me that they are able to take money given on a “need-basis”, then take it back from those in NJStars. I feel as though they are using this money to pay for a student whose parents are wealthier, and do not recieve financial aid. Merit-based and need-based scholarships are two totally different things.

I am grateful that I have recieved this much financial aid, I am. When I enrolled in CC, my four year was to be paid for in full, and since the change in legislation it is no longer adn they couldn’t “grandfather” those students into the old law. Yet, we also do not qualify for the new legislation that covers more county credits.

I understand they were trying to get rid of the program entirely, and that it is money that is helping me. Yet, I feel they are not only changing the rules in the middle, but also taking money that could potentially go to a student who needs it more.