<p>I absolutely hate this and the students who ruined it for the rest of us who actually NEED it.</p>
<p>I had to quit my jobs that aren’t on-campus (they were over an hour away) because I nearly died last year in an ice storm trying to get back to campus after a job. Now, I just found a job after applying to probably 30 or so and I get 18 hours a week because that is all I can get without going over my work-study amount (I’ve gotten about 3 interviews and they’ve all been fork work study jobs… no one else is hiring). The state of Michigan provides no help to their students and they cut their only scholarship. I am taking the minimum credits I can (13… there was no way to get it down to 12) and am still struggling to make ends meet with a limited hours job and no family help. </p>
<p>Also, if I can’t get a job, I don’t see who can. I have been consistently working since I was about 14, at least one job. I’ve never been fired or been reprimanded. I have bosses who love me and I have a 3.8+ GPA. I’m sorry that tuition is nearly $450 a credit hour at a PUBLIC school, but don’t cut what little aid we have left. </p>
<p>Also, my parents don’t qualify because even though my dad has been basically unemployed since an accident left him unable to work (he now works as a part-time crossing guard because that’s about all he can do) and my mom makes less than $25k a year (which is new since most of my life, we were under poverty), my dad’s social security checks put us over whatever income limit they have. However, almost all of that money goes towards hospital bills. It’s just so irritating.</p>
<p>Reform needed to happen- but NOT this.</p>