Is College Tuition Really That Much Duncan Hood Analysis

Is College Tuition Really That Much?
A Response to Duncan Hood College debt is pretty much inevitable for anyone wanting to have an education after high school. I, and most teenagers, do indeed want to go onto college but are scared away by the high cost. I know my family and I are definitely freaked out about the high cost of college. These students, including myself, shouldn’t be scared away so easily, as the high tuition isn’t so high at all. Colleges now have what would be called a sticker price. The first number you see is the sticker price, and what you don’t see is all of the deductions you can make to it. In his editor’s letter “The Out-of-Control University Tuition Hoax,” from Canadian Business 2013, Duncan Hood compares the tuition
Throughout the majority of the article, Hood leads the reader to believe that the majority of students in Canada that are going to college have equal financial opportunities one way or another. Within his article, Hood states that “almost no one is actually paying the sticker price.” I for one know that there are many more kids that are, or will be, paying closer to that sicker price, myself included, than those who aren’t. I feel that if parents and students read this article that feel the struggle of having to pay very close to that sticker price, they would be very offended. Yes, there are many scholarships out there that are very easy to attain, such as being a feminist, a jock, an egghead. There is also a scholarship out there for being able to make a duck call, which could get you up to $2,000. Hood also brings in an example of a grant, where he states “the Ontario Tuition Grant, which is available to all students with a family income under $160,000….” There are also very reputable scholarships available that are harder to attain, but result in a larger monetary amount. For example, the Buick Achievers Scholarship could land a student over $100,000 over four years. This shows that there are many different opportunities available, and that they all aren’t equal. In my personal life, many people assume that my family and I are living the high life financially simply because we own horses and my dad has his own trucking business. What they don’t realize is that these things cost a lot more money that just being an employee of someone else’s business or owning a dog. My example is different than being categorized for college expenses, but still has the same concept within it. I find my situation offending, which is why I firmly believe that these students would also be offended. Towards the end of his