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Simple: financial aid. As US citizens, if we qualify, we can attain federal financial aid and scholarships, thus lowering our overall cost of attending college
by borski 16y ago
Simple: financial aid. As US citizens, if we qualify, we can attain federal financial aid and scholarships, thus lowering our overall cost of attending college significantly; sometimes lowering it so much as to be free, or nearly free.
The same is not true if we attend a foreign institution.
- sasvari 16y agoif this would be true for the majority of students, there wouldn't be the discussion about extraordinary costs of higher education. or do I get something wrong here? of course I am not suggesting everybody to study abroad, I am just wondering why only few young (US-)americans are considering to study in Europe. especially with the prospect of not having to pay up a huge education credit while gaining a lot of experience as well for those without a proper financial background.
- borski 16y agoRight; and I'm not saying everyone should attend a US school. I'm just saying there is a significant number of students who are US nationals that get federal grants and funding. They would not get this funding a foreign nationals in another country. For that group of students, it is much harder to attend a foreign school. Not to mention cost of travel to visit parents and family. 4 years is a long time.