Same thing happened to me 30+ years ago. I was accepted at every university I applied (even Ivy league). My parents could not afford helping financially with other college going siblings, so I financed my state university education by myself through a very small scholarship, part-time jobs, college loan and ultimately a grant in my senior year as I was able to claim an independent income separate from my parents. Btw, on all applications for financial aid, white causcasian is listed as ‘other’.
“so I financed my state university education by myself through a very small scholarship, part-time jobs,”
did every part time job imaginable from telemarketing a scam lottery, test subject, dj for a strip club and driver for an escort service. I calculated how much i was going to owe after grad and it wasn’t acceptable, hence the jobs. You can’t beat real world experience working for a madam, in relation to my Buss Mgmt major.
My son was denied an academic scholarship solely on the basis of his skin color. The administrator actually had the gall to tell my son he would have qualified had he been a minority. We ended up paying every last dime of his tuition. That, in itself, is fine with me. What really chapped my hide was the fact that I had to pay much higher tuition rates for my son because government was propping them up. It’s sort of a double whammy. #1 You don’t qualify for government help because you’ve saved $ and you’re the wrong skin color, and #2 you get to pay more because of all other folks who are getting a free ride.
All you had to do was go to Howard University in Washington DC and you go for free!!!! I don’t know why whites don’t go to Black Universities. Those are free for white students who are minority at those schools. Some whites do go for free but it is not widely attended by whites. My kids will go to Black Colleges if they cannot come up with other financial means. I pay for 13 years of Catholic Education for my kids (K-12) and that is it. The College experience is on them to pay.
because of the health insurance mandates... childhood has been extended until the age of 26, meaning you still have to report your parents income on student loan forms until you are no longer eligible to remain on their ins policy.