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<p>Because a lot of these kids have zero or close to zero EFC? (The kids can work/borrow for the difference.) But by being jerks their parents deny their kids access to aid.</p>
<p>Are you familiar with the mindset of low-income parents? I went to a very stratified high school where half of the students came from a blue-collar background, where a lot of the parents were misinformed and their kids suffered their backwards ideas as a consequence.</p>