Teen launches website to pay for college

Paying for College
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<p>Check out this article from eSchool News:</p>

<p>[Around</a> the Web - Teen trying to collect college funds, one click at a time](<a href=“http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/around-the-web/index.cfm?i=57817]Around”>http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/around-the-web/index.cfm?i=57817)</p>

<p>My issue here is not that the girl is trying to raise funds for school. I think she’s taking a very proactive stance, but if the student has real need, Notre Dame meets 100% of that demonstrated need. Does she not know this about the school that she so desperately wants to attend? </p>

<p>Very basic research, an information session–heck, read the college financial aid material --and she can find out that for students with demonstrated need, Notre Dame will help generously.</p>

<p>Her parents say the school is “beyond their means.” Then they too must not have done their homework or are not willing to pay what their EFC says they can afford. </p>

<p>Am I the only one who finds this strange? Granted, the student’s transcripts and recommendations are stellar, but how could she have missed this tidbit of information about financial aid?</p>

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<p>I don’t find it strange that they don’t believe they can pay what their efc says they can afford.</p>

<p>My best friend has a family income of just over $100,000 and her son’s efc was greater than $50,000 (she has 3 kids). The reason for the high efc is probably that she’s saved since her kids were young so that they could attend college (she has saved approximately $200,000)…but the savings was meant to cover all three kids, and the efc doesn’t really take that into account. Yes, FAFSA considers the number of kids, but it doesn’t guarantee not to touch savings that were intended for a younger sibling’s college fund.</p>

<p>I didn’t spend any time on this girl’s website, but if she has any siblings at a college that doesn’t agree to meet need, that school could be taking a huge chunk of the family’s college funds (if Notre Dame considers that, great…but some schools expect the family to pay pretty even amounts for each child and if one of the schools is greedy, that can’t necessarily happen).</p>