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By Anonymous - 21/08/2009 14:20 - United States

Today, my mother told me she's disappointed in me for not going to a better college, and that if I was in the top ten of my class that the rest of those ten must be really dumb. Fact is, I threw away the acceptance letters to Carnegie Mellon and Cornell because I didn't want her to have to pay. FML
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evangldbrg 0

YDI for not talking to your mom and throwing them away. If you can't afford it, there's always financial aid...

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mandoopandoo 0

Why would you even apply if you were just going to throw the acceptance letters away? Moron.

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darkblue_13 0

To everyone saying to get financial aid: Sometimes schools just don't offer financial aid to some students. I was in the top 5% of my class and got into good schools. My parents can barely afford to pay any money towards school and I got NO FINANCIAL AID, and no scholarships at some. None. We are in an economic crisis and few families can afford to pay 40K a year. Not all of them can get financial aid. But still, getting into those schools is a big accomplishment and you should have told your mom because I bet she'd be happy just to hear that you go in.

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ozymandias_fml 0

Sorry, you are just *wrong*, unless you are in a non-US country -- at which point your experience is not helpful. The Gov *gives* FA.

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darkblue_13 0

yes i know that the government gives FA and the school gives FA, that still doesn't change the fact that they don't give it to some people who need it

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tehredbaran 0

Actually, it's usually the school's job to provide financial aid. Don't tell people they're wrong if you have no idea what you're talking about. Most financial aid packages come from the school's endowment.

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zargon 1

I go to a $50,000+/yr top-ranked school. I get about $35,000-ish from the school and about $10,000-ish from the government between loans and scholarships. So, yeah, the school covers the bulk of it, but the government will take care of more than 0, at least. At any rate, all of the elite schools, including Cornell and CMU, will give you much better financial aid than lesser-ranked schools. I applied to several top-tiers and a couple lesser-ranked schools, and the top-tiers unilaterally ended up with me paying less in the end, and I know my experience is not unusual.

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axsmith01 0

Why didn't you apply for financial aid? Scholarships? Maybe get a loan out? Seriously, your earning capacity (later on) would have been so drastically improved by going to Cornell or Carnegie, rather than University of Connecticut (for instance), that you could afford to take out a loan. No, people don't care what college you attend...unless it's an Ivy.

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catchyscreename 0

You ARE dumb for not even including her in the decision. YDI.

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Pethegreat 0

Ivy league school are not all they are cracked up to be. You are stuck around snobs who don't know how to have fun. You pay more to get the same degree that you can get at a state school. It does not matter where you get your degree from. Employers want people who have work experience in an area that relates to your degree.

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christina7861 0

You're wrong. Wouldn't surprise me if you applied to those schools, got rejected, and ended up in community college.

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tasha2010 0

The fact that you're talking about "poor people" leads me to believe that you're one of the snobs whose parents bought your way into the school.

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LeCielNousAide 7

christina7861: don't talk about community colleges like that. it bothers me when people talk about community colleges like the people who go there are stupid. my autistic brother went to community college because it was the best option for him. and he's not stupid -- he wants a job in accounting and he's very good with math. i hate it when people make community colleges sound like the most pitiful education in the world.

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QueenPsycho 0

#88 I've been accepted to every college I've ever applied to, but when they didn't give me the financial aid I needed, my happy butt went to community college first. Community college transfers to most 4 year colleges, so it's the same education, just cheaper.

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GreenDaemon21 0

On the other hand, I realize that this story would have a completely different view if OP is a non-American citizen, in which case, yeah, you do have to pay full tuition no matter what your family income is.

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gc_fml 0

lmao at all the people who went to community college calling the OP dumb

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GreenDaemon21 0

what if she's in U.S. but is not a citizen?

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JayXL14 0

Financial aid...? either you're lying and stupid or just stupid.

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nica73 0

YDI. I got into my state college and Cornell. I applied for financial aid for both. I got NO financial aid for my state college and got a TON from Cornell, which made it cheaper for me to go there than my state college. Needless to say, I went to Cornell and LOVED it. You need to explore all your options before you assume anything. Also, there were plenty of non-Americans on scholarship at Cornell when I was there. You didn't need to be a US citizen to get financial assistance.

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