Why am I bringing this up?
The middle daughter went to her orientation at UC Davis this past week with Daddy. There were lots of questions about Financial Aid. I often check on CollegeConfidential.com which has lots of questions and answer forums on everything involving colleges and universities. We have been saving our pennies and tightening our budget because we also received no financial aid.Well, ANYWAY something peaked my interest on that site. Some kid from India (?) was complaining that while he got into Cornell, he received a letter stating that he wouldn't be receiving any financial aid, and "payment due". He was furious and stated basically that Cornell had been his dream and that all of his future hopes had been dashed because Cornell chose to not put him on a full scholarship. My answer to that: Why isn't your dream in your country and on your own dime?
YOU GOTTA PAY TO PLAY
I'm really not trying to be elitist or arrogant but dang it, I'm tired of paying for others who have filled up our universities and caused our tuitions to rise; and I'm tired of not being able to afford an education for my own bright children because my dollars fund people who feel entitled to my hard-earned money. My TEXAN-born father worked the hot blistering fields of south texas picking cotton, and vegetables. My mother wore her hands raw cleaning and cooking. We are not rich.International students really have some gall! One girl mentioned that she needed financial aid because her parents were refusing to pay and she needed immediate money; so she wanted a government funded, subsidized student loan (only available to US students) and that she was willing to do Work Study (only available to US students) on a student visa. She had done something that really upset her parents and was caught; she said initially she was concerned about being caught, but wasn't too worried about what she had done!!
One kid actually said that his countrymen should be fully funded because Americans make more money annually than what India makes annually so, America owes them and has to pay for their education; I can tell you how popular that was on the forums.
Many of these students expect to be admitted, fully-funded and then given work and immigration; or go back to their countries with their American education and sell us their products. They come from certain countries and are very arrogant. I guess they don't understand that I, like most American's have been paying taxes to the IRS for 35+ years. My taxes fund the US government. The US government funds universities and programs. People in the US would be really pissed off if immigrants were funded before tax-paying Americans.
My advice is:
If you come here as a student, pay your own way, don't expect us to foot your bill for your education.
Better yet, stay home, use your country's assets to educate yourself.
You can't work for money here on a student visa. Our economy is bad, if we don't have jobs for our citizens, you think we have a job for you?
