UVA 2020 EA Results/Discussion Thread

Swimmer726
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:05:54 +0000

Everyone “disappointed” about financial aid…remember that someone has to pay something! The federal government’s exclusive involvement in this process has caused college costs to skyrocket. When you have people at the top of the economic ladder paying full freight, no matter what it costs, and tuitions for people at the bottom of the economic ladder being paid for by a lot of financial aid, colleges can charge whatever they want. They can build new athletic facilities, chik-fil-a in the quad, massive numbers of beautiful buildings because they have guaranteed sources of income…the people in the middle are squeezed. Unless you have a 529 or generous grandparents, college is getting harder and harder to afford for the middle class. If there was competition for students and the government was less involved, the costs would go down - or maybe stabilize. Our daughter started at Vanderbilt in 2003. It was $40k a year. Now, it’s about $65 to $70k…where’s the outrage? When you all go to college and learn about things really work, think about this. It’s important we get it figured out for the students who follow…