Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Ahhhh-- and delving a bit deeper still, most parents don't realize that "aid" at high priced institutions is often INCLUSIVE of some major borrowing on the part of the student/parent.

That's a perfectly valid means of "meeting need" in an institutional sense.

Not so much for students/families who are stuck borrowing 10-30K annually.

KWIM?

Personally and painfully, indeed. And they also don't mention that parental loans do not have a deferment (or didn't thirtyish years ago.) On that subject, I think it would be more enjoyable to just start at an affordable state school and never know what you are missing.