Fact claim 
Delia Valdez
Prof. Abad
English 1B
June 14, 2015
Is Financial Aid Distributed Fairly to Every Social Class? In a society where a college education is necessary to attain a job, people will pay any price to get a degree. Since 1965 government assistance programs such as FAFSA have made attending college much more simple for the working class. However, such programs focus much of their efforts on assisting lower income students and fail to contribute to students from middle class families. Middle class students or their parents are caught in a situation in which they must pay for all of their college funds, or they are put into debt from the outrageous amount of loans. Financial aid is based off of the parent’s income until the age of 25, but there are situations in which not parents are able or willing to pay for their child’s education due to the high cost of tuition. Complications of financial aid arise due to the lack of focus in financial assistance for students who come from middle class families. Due to the complications of the financial aid system students from the middle class are forced to choose cheaper schools, go into debt, or enter the work force, yet prices of getting an education are only getting higher. For middle class families options to pay for school are very limited, without financial aid or the funds to pay, a life of debt and worry surely waits. Due to the high price of college, over the years several programs have been established in order to assist students to pay for college. Several forms of financial aid include private scholarships and state grants. Each type of financial aid has a set of guidelines to determine who qualifies for the program. The main qualification for all forms of financial assistance is financial need. In the book Higher Education: Access Issues and Financial Aid Avenues, author Jaclyn Morelli explains, “Financial need is based off of several factors such as the cost of attendance at the school of choice, they
Prof. Abad
English 1B
June 14, 2015
Is Financial Aid Distributed Fairly to Every Social Class? In a society where a college education is necessary to attain a job, people will pay any price to get a degree. Since 1965 government assistance programs such as FAFSA have made attending college much more simple for the working class. However, such programs focus much of their efforts on assisting lower income students and fail to contribute to students from middle class families. Middle class students or their parents are caught in a situation in which they must pay for all of their college funds, or they are put into debt from the outrageous amount of loans. Financial aid is based off of the parent’s income until the age of 25, but there are situations in which not parents are able or willing to pay for their child’s education due to the high cost of tuition. Complications of financial aid arise due to the lack of focus in financial assistance for students who come from middle class families. Due to the complications of the financial aid system students from the middle class are forced to choose cheaper schools, go into debt, or enter the work force, yet prices of getting an education are only getting higher. For middle class families options to pay for school are very limited, without financial aid or the funds to pay, a life of debt and worry surely waits. Due to the high price of college, over the years several programs have been established in order to assist students to pay for college. Several forms of financial aid include private scholarships and state grants. Each type of financial aid has a set of guidelines to determine who qualifies for the program. The main qualification for all forms of financial assistance is financial need. In the book Higher Education: Access Issues and Financial Aid Avenues, author Jaclyn Morelli explains, “Financial need is based off of several factors such as the cost of attendance at the school of choice, they