Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
There are probably a lot more kids getting free rides - or damn close to it - then you would think.

I have one in my house - going to Valdosta State. Hope+Pell+Academic Scholly+Music Scholly= $1k in his pocket a semester after books, room and board, and tuition.
And he can gig in his spare time.

Oh, and my future SIL, at MSU - Scholly+Pell+Eng. Dept Research position = all expenses covered and money in his pocket.
My daughter at MSU has OOS tuition covered via academic common market; pell grant and scholly covers tuition and books - so it's just living expenses for her.

I've known a lot of kids in similar positions - both when I was in school 25 years ago and now.

Somehow this non athlete missed out on all that. College was a tremendous financial struggle for me. I even applied for food stamps at one time. The 3rd time I went to the food stamp place it was only me and a real nice older black lady. She politely let me know that I was going to have a very hard time receiving any help because I wasn’t the right color. Apparently the government wasn’t aware of my privilege.
I’ll never forget that lady and the conversation we had. I respect her til this day for her brutal honesty and it helped forge me into the man I am today.