Financial Aid for college courses while still in high school?

Financial aid for students, cost of university (NOT college!), and parents.?

• Does anyone else think that we have a downright stupid setup with our government in terms of financial aid for students going to university (again, NOT college! The difference in cost is beyond ridiculous!) I can barely afford going to university being that it will cost me between 5000-6000$ a year. My brother barely pays 3000$ a year for college, and how long are most of their courses? Two years? To earn my Ba. of Education, I will be in school for roughly 4 or 5 years. Teacher's college costs 10,000$. My parents make too much money for me to earn OSAP, so I'm expected to put all of that money away flipping burgers. So technically, they're saying that financially, I have no ties to my parents, yet a kid coming from a poor family can earn OSAP. Why the heck can't HE earn a job like the rest of us and just bank it? It's fkn ridiculous!! Ok. /end rant.

• Answer:

  1. A college can be just as expensive as a university. The difference is not the cost, genius. 2. You think $6000 a year is bad? Mine costs $29,000. So really, what are you complaining about? Take out a loan if you have to! You will be able to pay that money back in no time. Guess how long it'll take me to pay back my $41,000 in loans? I don't see why you're complaining--many other people have it MUCH worse than you. 3. Don't like having to flip burgers to pay for school? Take out a loan! Poor kids also flip burgers to pay for college sometimes too, so what are you talking about? So basically, you're against financial aid for the poor? You've got to be kidding me. Please go to college, maybe you'll learn something while you're there!