So sick over this

[jmfunnyface]

I got this email from Emory a few days ago, but I ignored it as junk mail asking me for money. Man, I wish I never opened it. I'm sick over. It's good for people that are going there now, but what about people like me? People whose parents "made too much money" for qualifying for financial aid. My mother made $50,000 when I went to Emory and had $

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[jmfunnyface]

Yeah, logically, I know that but still, it just pisses me off. It's more this is something they should have done years ago, and didn't. Emory's endowment is so massively huge, and they don't touch it. The school survives off the interest of the endowment, but they could be using that money to lower the cost of tuition for all students. Emory pisses away money like no one else. They spend millions on flowers just so there are fresh flowers growing on campus 365 days a year, and yet then they'll try to cut the benefits of the retired staff or take medical insurance away from spouses and children. The protest to that meeting was so huge, they had to hand out tickets to get in.

They have such a f'ed up way of handling money, it makes my blood boil.

[jmfunnyface]

Hopefully all. I remember being so depressed after I found out I got in to Emory but that we had too much money (ha!) to qualify for substantial aid. I had worked so hard in high school, and did everything I needed to do to get into Emory, and yet I almost couldn't go because of money. Ridiculous.

I'm pretty sure Princeton was the first major school to start doing stuff like this. Their policy is something like if you get in, you're going. They'll find the money for you. That started my sophmore or junior year of college.

[maryanni]

While I love Emory as an institution, I can't go there for law school. Their financial aid/scholarship application (which was due on 1 February) required not only my last year tax info (which was impossible to give because I didn't get my last W-2 until 1 February!) but my parents' info. My parents have not done their taxes yet.

This is just really annoying to me (sort of like the schools you've gotten into giving you a week to get their scholarship funding stuff done). I paid $70 to apply to Emory and now even if I get accepted I can't go because I'm not paying 37K/year to attend just because I couldn't get their scholarship form filled out in time.

By the way, congrats on UIUC and UNC!!! That's awesome :)

[either_or]

i don't know you (came here through applyingtograd), but i know just how you feel. i actually turned down a very prestigious undergrad school because i could not afford to go (even with a few partial scholarships), and, having three younger sisters, could not justify putting my parents in even greater debt.

and now, the school in question waives tuition for all students from families making less than mine.

yes, this is nice for the up-and-coming, but what about me? i know it sounds selfish, but it's just...frustrating. i feel like so many things would have been different if i could've afforded to go to that school...

[gonepostal2001]

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