[ketelone]

How can anyone complain about giving a smart kid a break?

Then you guys whine that the US doesnt keep up with Asian countries which subsidise college eduation to the point that its almost free.

And as for loans and trying harder.. if the kid can go to college for free on the strength of his brains.. I think thats a lot harder than filling out a loan application.

I have to respect folk who get scholarships.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Can you spell military?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Financial aid and loans are what's making college so expensive in the first place.

[From many - one.]

I think there's an assumpution that there's taxpayer money involved, or that other students are paying the difference.

Very few folk are aware of how big those endowments are.

[libertarianPA]

How can anyone complain about giving a smart kid a break?

I'm all for giving a smart kid a break. I'd give him a lower interest rate on student loans, and have the college help him find employment during his time at Stanford. Then you guys whine that the US doesnt keep up with Asian countries which subsidise college eduation to the point that its almost free.

This has little to do with poor smart kids, but a lot to do with the value that this country now puts on education. Most poor kids think their only way to wealth is to be good at basketball or football instead of studying hard. Asian children have no fewer alternatives. The "whining" is about the values being taught to American children. And as for loans and trying harder.. if the kid can go to college for free on the strength of his brains.. I think thats a lot harder than filling out a loan application.

What?!?!? I have to respect folk who get scholarships.

But what's the criteria? Are they simply smart? Have they taken any tests to prove their genius?

Remember, low-income is usually liberal-speak for "black." How do we know that these kids aren't getting in just for the color of their skin and an above average intelligence?

[stompk]

"I have to respect folk who get scholarships."

Yeah. me too. fortunately poor kids have ALWAYS been able to get scholarships if they've earned them.
this, however, does not sound like a scholarship to me. it sounds like a handout.