<p>I would hate to work at a college that regularly gaps kids or fills their packages with loans. It is deceptive to try to get a family or student to desperately stretch their budgets to a ridiculous point to afford high college costs. </p>
<p>I wasn’t impressed with the lack of empathy this counselor had for the student whose family had a house but could not get a loan against it. If the family is not credit worthy of a PLUS and has no funds, where are they going to get the money? Around here, you can’t sell most real estate unless you have a fire sale, and even then mortgage money is scarce. I know I can’t sell my house and come up with enough to pay much tuition. The market is just not there.</p>