<p>From what I’ve read, the FAFSA depends on parent income and student income. And if a student makes 10,000 senior year, then the student is expected to contribute 5,000 of that toward college.
On the other hand, a student that does not work at all and just plays throughout high school is not expected to contribute anything toward college.</p>
<p>Why is it set up that way? You would think that the student who works needs the money and cannot contribute as much to college. But the non-working student gets more financial aid than the working student does, and the working student had to work hard to get less money. That doesn’t make any sense. So right now, if I apply for financial aid, I am working for half of my wages. It just seems so unfair that the lazy student benefits from not working.</p>
<p>i don’t think student contribution is fair, but i don’t think that someone’s lazy because they don’t have a job. I don’t have a job, but i certainly wouldn’t call myself lazy. My parents actually strongly discourage me from getting a job because they think i have enough to do as is.</p>
I agree, some of my friends dont have a job because their application keeps getting “lost,” and my parents have also discouraged me from getting a job.</p>
<p>Ahhh, sorry guys I didn’t mean for this to turn into a debate over getting jobs. I probably shouldn’t have used the word lazy. I know it is difficult for some to fit in time for a job. </p>
<p>Anyway, my main point is that students who have jobs are penalized for going out and working. I just don’t see why they have pay even more for college when they struggled so much to fit work into their busy school scheldules.</p>