Scholarship table
So if a family makes 56000.01 they're SOL.
Exactly what I said when I read that headline. Seems illogical to me. I don't usually get hung up on things having to be absolutely fair (except on a basketball court that my team is playing on), but this seems really unfair. Are people going to go into their HR departments and ask for a pay cut?
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
What's amazing is this program will cost $3.3m .. it's a pittance.UW-Madison's budget is $3b.
Understood about the funding sources. However it's all cut, $3.3m is spent every 9 hours at UW-Madison. It's small and could be doubled, quadrupled, and it's almost a rounding error.The first question I'd ask is .. How much would it cost to make the $56k, $66k instead? .. Unrelated, what are the procedures for an 18 year old saying, hey, I am my own family unit, I make zero.
My guess is that there will be some moms who will be quitting their part-time jobs.
Here is the problem with programs like this, they are great for the students that are able to get into UW, but most kids from families that make less than $56k, have next to no chance of getting in to begin with. They don't have access to the necessary resources and environment conducive to getting into the university in the first place. That is why it only costs $3.3M for the entire program. That represents the tuition for 313 students, or less than 1% of the undergraduate enrollment at UW.
No it's way more than that. Remember this program will fund whatever financial aid doesn't fund up to the cost of tuition and fees. So all grants, scholarships and loans will be applied first.They estimate about 800 students per class.
Ha .. good old reddit.https://www.reddit.com/r/UnethicalLifeProTips/comments/7wf1e7/ulpt_if_you_live_in_wisconsin_get_your_parents_to/
I was unaware that this covers whatever financial aid does not. Thank you for the correction.How do they do that exactly, as this is only for tuition and not room and board? Do they apply all financial aid to room and board first?
I don’t know. I just read the statement they put out. Maybe they apply a ratio of some sort?
Every kid that goes to public school has the access and resources necessary to go to UW. As to the environment I agree with you. Just because your family makes 56K or less does not mean your too stupid to get into UW.
Not true. Many kids from poor families do not have access to things like the internet, and tutors, and in some cases even textbooks that are essential to completing course material.They are in competition for a select number of slots, with inferior resources. Education, particularly in regards to competition for select universities, is highly dependent on resources outside the school that the majority of lower and even middle class families do not have access to.
So you are telling me with all the money we put into public schools they are not educating our kids to be admitted to a "select" public institution such as UW because they don't have textbooks? Where is the money going? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/06/02/the-states-that-spend-the-most-and-the-least-on-education-in-one-map/?utm_term=.e2b57550e930