I don’t think living in state should grant you a financial aid reward if you don’t need one. HOWEVER, I do believe that it should mean you aren’t paying over 30k a year. So the argument comes back around to being “Should UCONN cost 30k?” In my opinion, no. So the whole situation is unjust (yes, unjust) from the beginning. Financial aid would help alleviate that, since apparently the price tag is never going to drop.
They have an obligation to educate CT students, and since their obscenely high prices (for an instate state school) exclude a lot of qualified applicants from attending they are not fulfilling that obligation.
And again, I am going to sound arrogant here… but. I am a student who has a 3.5 (3.75 this year) at a school where it is quite difficult to earn a good GPA, I also had a 2100 on the SAT. I know that is nothing compared to most kids on this site, but definitely better than the national average. I have no interest in attending a school that is incredibly low ranked just for financial reasons. I recognize that I might have to, but at the end of the day I don’t see it as being fair to me, or anyone in a similar situation to mine.
I know that “It isn’t fair” sounds childish and weak, and I know that life isn’t fair. However, I can complain about it as much as I like; and hopefully the US will eventually figure it out and fix our broken university system.