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"The published cost of attendance is a fiction almost no one pays." "Net effect: a $175k household with a house and a 401(k) is judged "full pay," pays near-st
by baking 2mo ago
"The published cost of attendance is a fiction almost no one pays."
"Net effect: a $175k household with a house and a 401(k) is judged "full pay," pays near-sticker from already-taxed income, and receives essentially nothing."
I never know how to resolve these two statements. In our case, my daughter happened to choose a good public university. Maybe that is what they mean.
- pc86 2mo agoWhat do either of those quoted statements have to do with public universities specifically?
- baking 2mo agoAt high-end private universities, "The published cost of attendance is a fiction almost no one pays." Yet, most upper-middle-income students are considered "full-pay." Therefore, most upper-middle-income students now attend public universities. Or at least that is the conclusion I drew from the two statements I quoted.
- postflopclarity 2mo agoit's easily resolvable. the first statement is a lie: MANY students pay the full, published cost of attendance.
- cliglot 2mo agoI gave up with a dreams of returning to school when I realized in my early 20s, despite paying my own rent, bills, taxes, etc, the financial aid system considered me a dependent of my father still and lumped his income in with the calculations done to determine what I get/don’t get.