<p>because our family income is too high… well we did get $15k but that was not enough. My brother would have graduated with $90k dept from his top choice school as a music performance major. Simply the way the FAFSA is set up- middle class is too poor to pay for college, but too rich to qualify for much aid. My brother actually had a friend who turned down an outside scholarship because of the fact that it would have lowered his financial aid.</p>