Comments on: “Wobbly Time For College Tuition” http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/30/wobbly-time-for-college-tuition/ Education Blog. News, humor, advice, and opinion on education and career, graduate school, college degrees, and university life. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:39:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Educated Nation--Nickel and Dimed | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/30/wobbly-time-for-college-tuition/comment-page-1/#comment-125287 Educated Nation--Nickel and Dimed | Educated Nation | Higher Education Blog Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:02:20 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/30/wobbly-time-for-college-tuition/#comment-125287 [...] I realize that my situation is a lucky one, and that most young adults are either on their own to pay for college, or, if their parents tried to save, were ultimately unable to save enough to compensate for the recession and/or the staggering increase in tuition rates. Everyone seems to be in agreement that paying for college bites. But if you can at all manage it, in any way, then for god’s sake, go to school. Because I cannot live in a world where going to college is a mistake. [...] [...] I realize that my situation is a lucky one, and that most young adults are either on their own to pay for college, or, if their parents tried to save, were ultimately unable to save enough to compensate for the recession and/or the staggering increase in tuition rates. Everyone seems to be in agreement that paying for college bites. But if you can at all manage it, in any way, then for god’s sake, go to school. Because I cannot live in a world where going to college is a mistake. [...]

]]> By: SpeciousRiches http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/30/wobbly-time-for-college-tuition/comment-page-1/#comment-124885 SpeciousRiches Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:56:15 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2008/10/30/wobbly-time-for-college-tuition/#comment-124885 I wrote about this today. The dark secret of college admissions is that needing aid puts you at a disadvantage in admission. When I hear people complain about "affirmative action" in college admissions I smirk. The biggest beneficiary of our system of college admission are not under-represented groups, but wealthy students, especially wealthy legacy students... SpeciousRiches http://speciousriches.wordpress.com <a href="http://speciousriches.com/" rel="nofollow">SpeciousRiches</a> <a href="http://speciousriches.com/" rel="nofollow"></a> I wrote about this today. The dark secret of college admissions is that needing aid puts you at a disadvantage in admission. When I hear people complain about “affirmative action” in college admissions I smirk. The biggest beneficiary of our system of college admission are not under-represented groups, but wealthy students, especially wealthy legacy students…

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