College can be a really fun time for anyone but it can also cause lots of headaches. One of these is paying for it. I was very fortunate last year as I received enough financial aid (all grants) to pay for my entire tuition. The only thing I paid extra for was my meal plan. This coming year will pretty much be the same but there will be something different. Instead of all the "awards" being grants, two are loans. The loans aren't a tremendous amount but this still upsets me because I had planned to go through college without loans. I guess that won't be happening now.
What really makes me mad, though, is you have people like me who struggle to pay for college (or worse) while there are people like my friend who had enough financial aid to pay for all his tuition and get a check in the mail for a substantial amount of his aid money that was leftover. I personally think that isn't fair at all! Unfortunately, I can see why a lot of people drop out of college. Both our federal and state governments need to make college more affordable for us all!
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