UChicago Financial Aid conundrum

poetgrl
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:48:10 +0000

Well, once you get to the point where the student has been admitted to UChicago and Vanderbilt with this aid? You have gotten beyond whether or not this particular student “should” go to college.

I’m aware of the sytem in Germany. It tracks far too soon, though, imho, to be sure it is correct.

All that said, it is definitely a parent’s perogative to pay or not pay. Also, there are many who would be better served if a college education wasn’t necessary, if we had living wage jobs one could enter without a college degree. However, the undeniable fact is that the unemployment rate for those with a college degree is at or slightly below 5%, and nearer 17% without one. A parent would have to be a fool to not, at least, point this out.