College Unaffordable Even in Higher Income Brackets

Re:College Unaffordable Even in Higher Income Brackets by big_youth on Thursday June 23, 2016 @04:48PM (#11964208)

Hi fellow UT CS grad.

I had to google for an article I remember reading a while ago but apparently over half of UT grads come from families that make over $100k+. It's not as bad as I thought but UT Austin has a much higher representation of (upper) middle class kids than lower class kids.

https://www.texasobserver.org/are-texas-public-universities-... http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/10/14/ut-unspoken-low-i...

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Re:College Unaffordable Even in Higher Income Brackets by sotojuan on Thursday June 23, 2016 @04:59PM (#11964265)

I didn't go to UT Austin! I wanted to but at the time I wasn't a US resident (just legal under my mom's visa), so no financial aid at all—I got a merit scholarship somewhere else.

What you said makes sense. If your family makes over $100k in Texas, you can definitely pay for most if not all your kid's college after FAFSA/any scholarships.

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