Flora - Noelle told me that I should touch base with you about student loans and so on. Do you have any ideas how much the principal and on-going college costs will be for Alex and Nicholas? > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert) > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 10:04:12 -0700 > Subject: RE: summer internships > > I suspect that Alex will end up graduating with debt. Luckily, interest > rates are low right now. One hopes that the job market will be in better > shape by the time he graduates. > > Maybe Bernie Sanders will become president and there will be student loan > reform. > > > From: ", Flora" <http://www.state.vt.us/~Flora.> > > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:00:39 +0000 > > > > Yes, I heard it this morning. I am very stressed at looking at the financial > > award letters. I thought that we would have more of a break because of our > > income. Sterling College (the school at Nick applied to and has been accepted > > to) seems to have a better financial aid package. Perhaps it is better the > > first year and will change in subsequent years. I have not yet seen UMASS > > Amherst's financial aid package (where Xander wants to go). > > > > It definitely is a shock seeing the cost that we must pay. Just like was > > discussed on NPR, the letters are deceiving. It makes it seem like all of the > > costs are paid for, when in fact that most of it is loans or unmet need. They > > have both applied for scholarships, but we haven't heard anything yet. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Noelle [http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg] > > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:59 AM > > To: Robert > > Cc: , Flora; http://www.gmail.com/~flora; http://www.gmail.com/~alex.; > > http://profiles.yahoo.com/flora > > Subject: RE: summer internships > > > > did you hear this? > > > > http://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/298330444/first-test-for-college-hopefuls-decoding-financial-aid-letters > > > > glad my grandparents left me some $ for college expenses NG