UChicago Financial Aid conundrum

1stcolldad
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:38:06 +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.



Wow, you have it all figured out at 18. Nobody on here called the OP a privilaged kid, They said that the OP was lucky. Another poor 18 year old who had to endure so much, you poor thing. So you are going to come on CC when your older and help these poor kids right? Coddling them is not a helping. When you toughen up, you grow up. thats the problem with kids now days, they feel they are entittled. You are entittled to nothing!

Everyone could use a little help every now and then. But thats different then winning with a loaf of bread under one arm and a virginia ham in the other. Give us all a break, Young one!