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the2real4mafol said: i can't believe it's generally cheaper for HE in the states than it is in the UK, WTF? Every university cost £8000 to £9000 a year here, although we have 30 years to pay it.
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I pay $0 dollars out of pocket and get $900 extra from the government and I go to a private university. Since I'm low income (bottom 5%) my private university gives me $45,000 in institutional grants for a $60,000 tuition. Then I get the federal pell grants, and state grants to cover about $7000 more. The rest is paid in loans. So I'll be in a lot of loan debt unfortunately, but even private universities are affordable for the poor here. My school is overall ranked #23 in the nation, by the way. If somebody remains poor in the United States, it IS because they're lazy. If somebody becomes poor in the United States from having a middle class status it's because the government has screwed them. That's why despite coming from a bottom 5% family I understand very well what government dependency does.
