scholarships

why is it so hard to find money for college? it's amazing how skimpy the government can be about educating it's populace. finding many road blocks as i go. even though the government is quite willing to pay my bills (thank you, unemployment) it is unwilling to assist me with my tuition. the hardest issue i have had to deal with is my family. i come from a upper-middle class white family. the money to assist students in my bracket doesn't exist. society assumes that out parents can pay for our tuition for us, but that doesn't ensure that we get the education we want. i have had the luck of being accepted at two of the countries highest rated universities for my studies. that doesn't mean i can afford them. i barely escaped undergrad with only $75,000 in student loans, compared to the 4-year cost of $160,000. the new hurdle is graduate school. with a yearly tuition of $12,000  i won't escape without a mountain of debt on top the mountains i already i have. and most scholarships are next to impossible to qualify for, they assume you have either been to a remote country, or read a rare book, or have a strong opinion about random political ideas. also that people have enough extra time in their day to write a ten-page paper about these things. if an applicant is in school and getting high grades and possibly have a job, there is no time for things like that.