MD wrote:
> <<<<The school says they have already awarded all the aid they had and
> cannot do anything more>>>>
>
> I'm a little less cynical. Did you apply early before they ran out of
> money?
>
Yes, at the beginning of February, as soon as I had received my W2 form.
I believe the first reply was on to something...
My school does actively pursue minorities and international students. It
is a state university in a relatively well-off suburb that has
relatively few minorities. However, the school has a significantly
higher proportion of minorities than the actual population. It is not an
accurate representation of our community, the state, or even the nation
as a whole.
At this year's commencement ceremony, we had an astonishing number of
Indian citizens. The booklet listed everyone's current home city, and
these weren't American born Indians, they still use India as a home
address. I thought it was pretty strange that our school of engineering
graduates were over 95% native Indian (I actually did the math.) Of the
Masters recipients, an extremely high proportion was also from India. My
family and I found it quite strange that people in India would have even
heard of our Ohio suburb, let alone chose it as a destination. It must
be because the university actively recruits them with scholarships. Nice
to know that my ancestors have contributed to this state for 250 years
and founded half a dozen local cities only to be repaid like this- the
state university using scholarships to ignore locals and gift foreign
citizens.
Our international studies program currently has a similar scandal. They
have funding to send Americans abroad and bring foreigners over for
study. They are supposed to divide the funds equally, but last year they
spent nearly 100% importing from other countries while academically
deserving local students didn't receive any aid to study abroad. The
foreign language professors were outraged and there is a huge uproar in
the department.
I've devoted the majority of my time to my studies for over four years
to achieve an excellent record. I guess the biggest reason I didn't
receive any aid was that I am a white American. I'm not going to throw
away my goals or talents just because the local university is corrupt,
so I suppose I'll just add another $20,000 to my student loans and hope
to God I can get some kind of aid when I go for my Ph.D.!
mjoann
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