Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
When I went, needs based was also to be propped up with student and parental loans (with parental loans requiring immediate payments.) I would've been able to get a free ride at a top state school but went top tier and my mom couldn't afford for me to stay after a year with needing to pay on the parent loan. So, ended up in a mediocre state school.

I took one look at how much the Ivy wanted me to shell out and decided that free was better.

Granted, I had no real interest in going to college at the time, so that certainly helped.

I was trying to maximize revenue, not go into debt. If they didn't give me a free ride, I crossed them off my list.