It's financial "aid." It's supposed to go to the kids that can't afford

to go to college, right? If you and your kid can afford it, then do you think you should get the same aid as someone who can't? In a way, that's like complaining that you aren't getting social security yet because only the old people get it. Sure, there are always system gamers and always will be but I wouldn't have gone to college w/out government aid and loans.

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Posted: 07/17/2017 at 11:15AM

Brief Reality Rant -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 09:40AM

Waste of time ** -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 10:38AM

You're applying for federal aid and complaining part of it is "communism"? ** -- VTSnake 07/17/2017 09:52AM

Alot of colleges require this for several reasons. Doesn't mean -- Hokebury 07/17/2017 12:19PM

Many non-federal aid sources require that the FAFSA be completed as part of -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 10:47AM

Well i'm not applying- my kid is going into 9th grade -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 10:16AM

My impression (I'll have college freshman this fall): the system punishs -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 10:46AM

Shelter the dollars ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:47PM

Agree 100%................................................................. -- VTHokieTom 07/17/2017 12:53PM

Yep. Tax system punishes savers too. ** -- hokeyhokie 07/17/2017 11:33AM

Tax system punishes savers in every way... -- `lag 07/17/2017 11:39AM

So if you want more aid, you should be poor? -- VTSnake 07/17/2017 11:12AM

The genuinely poor, perhaps. The irresponsibly poor, not so much. -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 11:40AM

I don't think that is what anyone is saying -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 11:19AM

I'll disagree that colleges can charge "anything". There are still market -- HokieEngineer 07/17/2017 11:50AM

The private schools are charging 60-70,000 -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 12:06PM

Not true. We paid full boat for 4 years at CMU. Rich, white males get -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:48PM

The government does not pay, the government loans. -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 12:39PM

I did not think difference was all loans -- bigbadbird 07/17/2017 12:48PM

UR is free for VA families earning < $60k. ** -- 48zip 07/17/2017 1:03PM

Dammit. You type too fast. ** -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 11:15AM

Exactly. This happened to me and son; Had to pay full freight because -- chico 07/17/2017 10:55AM

It's financial "aid." It's supposed to go to the kids that can't afford -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 11:15AM

An example. Pretend you and I make the exact same income, -- Late 80s Hokie 07/17/2017 11:51AM

Your math doesn't add up. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 2:55PM

48zip covered my initial reaction. I didn't try to cover ALL the finances -- Late 80s Hokie 07/17/2017 3:19PM

Neighbor in the general sense, as in your fellow man. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 8:23PM

Who said anything about "neighbor"? -- 48zip 07/17/2017 3:01PM

I don't know even know what point I'm trying to make. -- vtbones 07/17/2017 3:11PM

Bingo.** -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 12:38PM

How is that "punishing" you? Sure, some people game the system. By and -- RhinoVT 07/17/2017 1:46PM

I think Late 80's Hokie gave a pretty good example and one I'm sure is not -- jmanatVT 07/17/2017 2:11PM

Same here. Graduated 4th in class. Got local schollies for freshman year -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 11:00AM

"from each according to his ability" ** -- HokieDan95 07/17/2017 10:01AM

More importantly in this case "to each according to his need" ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 10:11AM

They basically compute how much you can borrow -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 11:02AM

Never bothered to fill out FAFSA as I knew we wouldn't qualify for any ** -- 133743Hokie 07/17/2017 1:45PM

Went to meeting and realized it was waste of time ** -- TomTurkey 07/17/2017 3:34PM

The irony is amazing ** -- HokieJamie 07/17/2017 09:59AM

It's financial "aid." It's supposed to go to the kids that can't afford

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