Young People Are Screwed: Here's How To Survive

Post by lilsunnybee » Fri, Jan 11, 2013, 10:06 PM UTC

snogglethorpe wrote: post #70

brianchu wrote: post #61

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What do you mean by "quite poor?" To my knowledge, if they're poor, they're poor. I don't know anyone who was legitimately poor that did not qualify for financial aid. EDIT (reply to below): Your point about the estranged parent is valid; a wealthy parent refusing to pay is the only case in which a "poor" student does not get much financial aid. Foreign students are not entirely excluded from financial aid, though th…

Er, "no significant savings, income, or other resources to draw upon." The "system" generally tries to support poor people, but there are an awful lot of rules in place to try and make sure people pay their "fair share" and prevent cheating. I think usually those rules have more or less the desired effect, but like any rules, they can be rather blunt instruments, and end up hurting people as well. Some examples: + Fo…

Post by snogglethorpe » Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

lilsunnybee wrote: post #181

snogglethorpe wrote: post #70

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Er, "no significant savings, income, or other resources to draw upon." The "system" generally tries to support poor people, but there are an awful lot of rules in place to try and make sure people pay their "fair share" and prevent cheating. I think usually those rules have more or less the desired effect, but like any rules, they can be rather blunt instruments, and end up hurting people as well. Some examples: + Fo…

Isn't financial assistance for the non-wealthy generally intended to counteract class boundaries to getting a quality education? If you have wealthy parents, almost always you grew up wealthy and well-educated, and various assistance programs are just not intended for you. Yeah it sucks to accumulate $50,000 / year in debt to maintain your social class standing by attending prestigious universities, if your parents c…