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    #76
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    And they can't afford to send their kids to college
    Only College Grads are able to send their children to College ?
    Wrong.
    Around 35 % of the State residents are College Grads.
    Around 73 % of CT HS Grads enroll in College .

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      #77
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      I was thinking the same thing ..... would love for my kid to graduate from Princeton but not with a choker loan to do it ..... given the choice between Princeton and over $200k in loans and Marist for free, it isn't much of a choice for us.
      and for many families, especially in the NE when you need a higher income to afford the cost of living and that income means very little financial aid. Good friends' kid turned down an Ivy that would have resulted in 125K in debt for a very high quality academic school that all in was covering 50K a year. Parents could cover the rest. She wants to go to grad school so now she can afford that without being strangled by the Ivy debt. It is a difference maker for many families.

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        #78
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Only College Grads are able to send their children to College ?
        Wrong.
        Around 35 % of the State residents are College Grads.
        Around 73 % of CT HS Grads enroll in College .
        Some of those kids shouldn't go to college

        Not all of them will graduate

        In that example if you're making 85K you'll get some FA but not a great deal. 85K here in NE is barely middle class, with very little left for higher education costs. If the school isn't an appropriate academic target you won't get much in merit either. Then the student has to take on a great deal of debt to pay for school. So yes a factory worker's child can go to college but the financial strain is completely different than for a middle to upper income family, who is more likely to have a college education and better job(s)

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          #79
          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          Some of those kids shouldn't go to college

          Not all of them will graduate

          In that example if you're making 85K you'll get some FA but not a great deal. 85K here in NE is barely middle class, with very little left for higher education costs. If the school isn't an appropriate academic target you won't get much in merit either. Then the student has to take on a great deal of debt to pay for school. So yes a factory worker's child can go to college but the financial strain is completely different than for a middle to upper income family, who is more likely to have a college education and better job(s)


          Really ? You would deny a College opportunity for anyone that passes the criteria ? How elitist of you . Does that include immigrants from " poor " families ?

          What do you know of " financial strain " to each family in CT ? New England is a diverse group of cities and towns of various cost of living levels. It all isn't Fairfield county and Boston.
          There are parts of CT that you can live very well on a Household income of $ 85,000. Very well. And send children to College.

          But, wait, now you say a factory worker's child CAN go to College, but then speculate to support your answer.

          Nice try.

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            #80
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Really ? You would deny a College opportunity for anyone that passes the criteria ? How elitist of you . Does that include immigrants from " poor " families ?

            What do you know of " financial strain " to each family in CT ? New England is a diverse group of cities and towns of various cost of living levels. It all isn't Fairfield county and Boston.
            There are parts of CT that you can live very well on a Household income of $ 85,000. Very well. And send children to College.

            But, wait, now you say a factory worker's child CAN go to College, but then speculate to support your answer.

            Nice try.
            Not the poster but many kids are pushed into college that just aren't college material. Our HS and others all want high graduation and college stats rather than what is best for the individual. Some kids be better served learning a skilled trade. I helped put my plumber's kid through college :) . But there aren't many trade schools and many HS don't even have shop class any long or other ways to expose kids to different life paths.

            Then there's all the kids graduating from college saddled with debt and unable to land jobs that can pay the debt off.

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              #81
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Not the poster but many kids are pushed into college that just aren't college material. Our HS and others all want high graduation and college stats rather than what is best for the individual. Some kids be better served learning a skilled trade. I helped put my plumber's kid through college :) . But there aren't many trade schools and many HS don't even have shop class any long or other ways to expose kids to different life paths.

              Then there's all the kids graduating from college saddled with debt and unable to land jobs that can pay the debt off.
              " college material "
              Just what does that mean ? If the College accepts them, they aren't " college material " ?

              Why shouldn't there be a desire for higher rates, doesn't that contribute to a larger numbers of success? Or do you think less would be better.
              If it is " best for the individual " that is the choice of the individual isn't it ? Explain why and how HS and others wanting high graduation rates and college stats contribute to poor decisions by the students.

              College Graduates have much lower unemployment rates that non Graduates. If you are referencing under employment , that has many contributing factors, including the selection of course study.

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