<p>Cherielia, don’t let it get you down, forums can be just as hurtful as words in person, but it doesn’t matter. YOU know who you are, your parents are and what they are like, not someone reading one post. I don’t know anyone in my neighborhood that isn’t living check to check, we all sacrifice and do the best we can. There is a group that will always fall between the cracks, they can’t quite save a lot but aren’t under a certain amount and they aren’t “comfortable”.
My sister’s D wanted so much to go to a Catholic college, she went to Catholic school on aid for 8 years and a public high school. They did get aid with 100,00 income, some generous, but none of them really enough. Holy Cross was the best, Fordham and Villanova the worst. Her fault was not really listening to her GC, she was taken back at first that some colleges on the list, Manhattan and Emmanual, and other lower tier schools, were so below her stats. Well, they might have been more eager to give her money and some of them were rated well for her major. Maybe she wouldn’t have been happy, but she didn’t even look into them. Maybe that will be something for you to check out, lower tier doesn’t always mean the college isn’t putting out smart, job-ready grads.
Good luck to you.</p>