Paying for TAMU with high EFC

TamuEngineer
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:10:53 +0000

@austinmshauri As I stated, that was an exaggeration, since that is assuming COA is really 25k (which it’s not), as someone that is a current student, I do not pay that, nor do any of my friends. And I have only been offered about 5k in parent loans, so for you to think that parents would need to cosign 100k in loans is pretty absurd.

And as far as the “assumption”, you would have to be a very poor student in the first place. I came to A&M knowing that I have a very strong set of skills, AND I have already gotten internships to prove it was the right decision. Maybe you aren’t very secure in your own set of skills, but that does not mean others are.

If someone was to take out 100k over the NEXT four years total, then that would assume they are in their fourth year, and if any of the cases you mentioned, were to in fact happen, nothing would stop the student from going back to finish their last year. I don’t know who gives out loans of 100k up front, but clearly that is not what was meant in my earlier reply. I knew what to expect at A&M, and I didn’t get “weeded out” as I am FAR from it.