Denied Financial Aid Because of 182 Credits.

[Duneranger]

I'm thinking of paying the entire lot on my credit card, it'll be an extra 2.95% though... They have payment plans, you can split this into 3 payments... However, you missed the deadline, so you can only split it into two now...

Exactly, easy CC points. I get finances can be tough but these degrees are so freaking cheap (and are an investment right?)  and people here hem and haw over something which is 1% the cost of many colleges.  There are a billion ways to make it work.

While you may think there are a billion ways to make it work, that's just not the case for many people. Many people don't have credit cards or hte available credit on a credit card to spend $1700 and hope that's all they need to spend. Many people are from other countries and finances are nothing like in the US.

I understand the foreign country thing (especially with countries with poor exchange rates) but if a person is in the US and there is no possible way they can fund a payment plan, personal loan , CC, private scholarships (there are a million for people with low incomes/1st gen students), piggy bank money, or saving a bit from each paycheck and they aren’t objectively homeless then there is no excuse. They have either massively screwed up in life or aren’t looking/trying hard enough. I won’t budge on this.

People don’t know how easy they have it when the only option to get a 4 year degree not too long ago was taking moderate to massive debt, be a college athlete or join the military. I had to do all of these.