[thefool]

The counter (counter) argument is that maybe college shouldn't cost so damn much in the first place (and for a large part aid structures at top schools (that can afford it) have been changing in line with this argument).

She probably got the short end of the stick because her mom owned a business that had a lot of revenue which precluded her from aid. Yet this business also had a lot of overhead, so their actual income wasn't actually that big.

This problem effects a lot of people that I know.