<p>Vocemom…This whole situation is so completely unfair! Low income students go to flagship state schools for free </p>
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<p>Where does this happen? in very few states…and not all low income kids can even get into the state flagships.</p>
<p>if all low-income kids got to go to state flagships or other better state schools for free, then why are so many at CCs and commuting to local publics…because they aren’t getting that much aid.</p>
<p>I’m against gov’ts giving too much aid to students because I think it encourages too many to skip over their local schools and go away (in Calif for instance). However, I also don’t like it when state tuition is so high, that a poor student can’t fund it with Pell and a student loan.</p>
<p>I do wish that instead of having the student loan amounts as they are - by year …I wish it was just a total amount…so it could be used for only junior and senior years…since those can be pricey years if you start at a CC first.</p>
<p>For instance…If the total student loan amount were - say - $30k, then a low income student could use Pell to pay for 2 years at a CC and then use $15k loan plus Pell (and other aid) to pay each of the the last 2 years.</p>