UChicago Financial Aid conundrum

naomikt
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:06:41 +0000

I am an 18 year old senior. So I guess in all these “wise” parent’s views I am a “childish kid.” Might I note though, that I won’t be sitting on collegeconfidential lecturing teenagers when I’m in my 40s. If I did find the time to come on CC, it would be to help teenagers get through a difficult transition period, because I remembered how difficult it was for me – especially with minimal assistance from parents. You also must remember YOUR kids clearly had parents who were EXTREMELY involved and proactive – since you guys are all on CC flowing with knowledge. The OP was not so lucky.

You have no idea the circumstances the OP went through. You have no idea what hardships or what struggles he/she has had to deal with. We all know the “world owes us nothing.” But the OP clearly feels they’ve been screwed by the system – and let’s face it, they have! UChicago screwed them because, look, my parents make over 100k and they got only 4k more than I did. There NEEDS to be some kind of reform because financial aid is clearly not doing what it’s supposed to be doing if this kid got so little from a school who guarantees to meet 100% of demonstrated need. And this is coming from a girl who probably won’t be able to attend Chicago herself because they didn’t even match MY need.

Of course in the end, the OP need to suck it up and go to Vanderbilt. And yes a lot of people would love to be in their shoes, but it shows total ignorance for random strangers to call the OP a “privileged kid.” If you are going to reply to the board, offer advice, don’t judge the person. Act like the adult you consider yourself to be.