financial aid is bullshit. i was denied because my parents owned a business, even though they were broke. then you'd have people who abused the system getting the benefits

 

i was denied grants (only offered loans) even tho my parents are separated and my mom is the only source of income and i have a younger brother that is also supported. there were TONS of examples of people who were going out buying benz's and nice cars with their financial aid money. those ppl had parents that owned cash businesses and cheated the tax system, and got a free ride in college.

 

i feel you 100%. your case was worse than mine though

i remember people in my classes were bragging about how they paid for the paint jobs and rims with their financial aid money :angry:

some girls i knew were proud of their LV purses they bought with that shit too :madfawk:

 

^^^thats some pretty f'ed up shit. i'm surprised they don't just hand the money to the college to prevent that sort of thing.

 

uhm, yah. the school hands money out to all the ethnic/radical liberal groups on campus

 

yea i hate that fafsta crap, this was the 1st year i filled it out, but i doubt i wil lget shit, though universities are more expensive that comunity colleges so maybe....oh and the deadline was march 2nd? u could fill it out after but less likely to get anything or as much.

 

the deadlines are different for each state

 

oh is that right? ahh cool yea i didnt know that, they need to extend our deadlines some more, my parents had to rush to get their taxes done.

 

it's based on household income. i agree that college is expensive for everyone, but financial aid is geared toward those that couldn't afford to go to college without aid. obviously if there aren't enough places for digits on the application, you're not qualified. what's the point of crying about it?

fafsa isn't geared to help the rich folks that CAN afford to pay for a college education.

 

i wasn't crying about it. i was hoping that i'd get a scholarship, since the only way to get a PSU scholarship is to apply for financial aid. considering i have very good grades, i should be able to get one as a reward, but no, they'll probably give it to someone who has worse grades than me and who will **** around in school.

oh well, i was just bitching about it.