I call BS on this, at least in America. I went to community college and a middling state university. Pell Grants combined with various STEM and achievement-based scholarships covered my tuition and then some. When I graduated I applied for two jobs and had three offers (my current employer at the time also wanted to keep me).
Good for you, scholarships are non existent. There are very, very few, and are outside of the use of students in the middle class trap. Most scholarships want requirements that students cannot meet such as references and achievements.
Tuition and housing costs of university, at the cheapest of uni's just barely is covered by FAFSA federal and state grants + student loans at a $0 income. One of those grants are also dependent upon you working as a student. Private loans are a necessity and are not deferred, meaning you have to work even more. This does not include the cost of living in regards to buying lively goods.
When running the numbers it is a net negative. You cannot attend a university without an external income. That doesn't include anything else, no other costs.
Call BS as you wish, this is a fact I'm seeing infront of me. This is why people are up in arms about degrees and costs. This is why defunding universities is a necessary requirement to bring education back.
> There are very, very few, and are outside of the use of students in the middle class trap.
Granted I grew up poor, so perhaps middle class students are trapped. I assumed that college educated, middle class parents would otherwise step in where means testing kicks in.
I love these anecdotes. The only way to disagree with these is to tell the OP that they are too talented and skilled and that the average person wouldn’t make it in their shoes.
According to IQ tests I am literally mentally “retarded” and my SAT scores were in the lowest percentiles. I honestly have no idea how I got a BS degree and have worked in tech for over a decade. But if my dumb ass can do it, so can others.
