That reminds me of the FAFSA... I can remember when I first filled mine out - I was working part time when I was a stay-at-home Dad making about $15k/year. When I filled out the FAFSA they said I had $4k disposable income that could be applied to college costs, so therefore, I was not eligible for any sort of financial aid.
Must be the same sort of math... Dan --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Just back from Boston > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 9:53 AM > Donald Snook wrote: > > > they have enough money that they will make sure you > can afford it. > > The ivy leaguers and MIT are like that. They call it > generosity, but it's really just a legalized way of > extracting the most $$$ possible from each individual > student. > > Take MIT for example. Let's say they bill $100k. Everybody > either writes a check for $100k or submits detailed > financial statements from which MIT leeches can calculate > the maximum amount of blood to draw without killing the host > organism. Once you find out exactly what you can extract > from the victim, you determine how much money government and > private sources are willing to give and or loan to him. Then > you add it all up, and the resulting figure is the final > bill after 'internal grants'. Then you pretend that your 'no > student left unfleeced' program is actually a charitable > endeavor. > > Mitch. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
