Rich parents? Hilarious. You way overestimate where the line is drawn. When I went to UCD, my parents' income was ~$70k (in California) and I got some subsidize

Rich parents? Hilarious. You way overestimate where the line is drawn. When I went to UCD, my parents' income was ~$70k (in California) and I got some subsidized loans, then mostly unsubsidized loans, then they made my parents take out PLUS loans in their own names (more accurately, they capped the amount of loans I could take personally and the only way to make up the delta is either family cash contribution, or parent PLUS loans). Except for a small amount of interest subsidy, I got $0 financial assistance. Now, my own personal situation is a deal of my own making -- I decided to sign on the dotted line. But in the aggregate, considering all the other students like me --- I'm actually shocked at the push back in this thread. The same group of people that bemoans the death of the middle class can't see how this is a part of the problem? I feel lucky. I was in one of the last generations to get halfway-decent interest rates. My younger brother is paying through the nose (what is it now, 6-7%?).