<p>Right now I'm feeling pretty confident about my chances of getting accepted at Cornell, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford it. My family has moved from lower middle-class to mid/upper middle-class in the past few years but our lifestyle adjustments and other expenses means I'm pretty much on my own for paying for college.</p>
<p>So, my question is, can you afford Cornell?</p>
<p>A) Family or you yourself can finance college (income, savings, etc.)
B) Enough scholarships to comfortably afford (cover more than 50%) of 4-year education
C) Not enough scholarships to attend, or not yet
D) Likely to receive considerable financial aid
E) Not in your lifetime
F) The math says no, but that's not stopping you</p>
<p>Right now I'm drifting between a C and an E or an F. Would like to see how other people are faring, and how many are planning on working their butts off to be able to pay. :)</p>
<p>I'm at B I guess, but not through scholarships... my mom has saved up about half the cost of Cornell. It would be a stretch for me to go there, even if we could theoretically do it, but my mom's insisting that I go wherever I want, and we'll worry about money later. She's awesome. :)</p>
<p>A/E. Have a nice chunk of money saved up, but don't qualify for financial aid. My parents have the ability to put me through, but probably won't do any more than they already have.</p>
<p>can i vent right now?
see i love what's happening with tun here
he/she can't afford school, and will have it paid for, but at a different cost (summer vacation)
i can't help feeling a little bit angry that just because my parents have been working for the last few years, that means we're out 150 grand for college, whereas there are families that may or may not have had the same opportunities but for one reason or another simply did not contribute 150 thousand dollars (or more, really, since EFC is supposed to be like 20-40 percent of your income) to the GDP and yet their kids get a free ride to college. it's at least a little bit unfair, no? anybody agree with me here?
situations like tun's are excepted, since, like i said, he or she is actually doing something (besides work study, which i don't think of as being the same kind of contribution as an entire summer vacation, and nobody'll change my mind on that one) to contribute his or her part.
but anyway, anybody on my side on this issue?</p>
<p>yea my dad was talking about this. it sucks being in the middle class cuz we're too rich for financial aid but expenses like college is a high burden anyway</p>
<p>same. middle class, too rich for fin aid, but not quite rich enough to put through. my parents have already told me they'll pay for as much as a public school (UC..so..about $20k) which means i'll have to fine another $20k through fin aid, or scholarship. -___-</p>
<p>My parents are ****ed because our EFC is $30,000 and there's no way to afford it. My mom's a teacher, and my dad can only work part-time at a underfunded lab. Basically I'll have to take out tons of loans and pay for myself. Its kind of frustrating to be in this situation when if you are lower-middle class, you hardly have to pay anything, and if your rich you can easily afford it. But if your right smack in the middle all the financial burden has to go on the student. Even if I get accepted to Cornell I may not be able to go because of financial reasons. I thought at this day and age, colleges made it so nobody would have to give up going to a college because of finances. I read on Stanford's website that if your family cant afford the EFC, they recommend liquidating your assests and restructuring you financial priotories. Basically, my parents sell all their stuff and give up their retirement fund so that I can go to college.</p>
<p>yeahhh...my parents are gonna seel the house and move somewhere cheaper once i graduate. since we live in a really expensive area (silicon valley..like 20 min from stanford)</p>
<p>"A/E. Have a nice chunk of money saved up, but don't qualify for financial aid. My parents have the ability to put me through, but probably won't do any more than they already have." --dsmo</p>
<p>This is exactly my situation!!! I certainly won't be able to afford it, but it's worth it.</p>
<p>i totally agree with pvodenski. its not fair that the middle class gets screwed over. It seems like an advantage to stay poor and not advance becuase u get all the breaks. the gap between the rich and poor isn't closing. I don't think it is fair i get to drown in loans when i graduate and another student can graduate debt free and being to advance themeselves further financially. I think all the programs like under 40,000 u don't have to pay is good but make adjustments for every bracket. just becuase u have ttwo working parents who make 50K each doesn't mean u have 30k to spend on a college education. i wish these people would think bigger than just income when giving schoarships and financial aid.</p>