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Right.  As long as income is a factor in tuition, individuals will be incentivized to game the system to minimize the amount of income they show, and the more people game the system, the more the system tries to identify and close loopholes and cases where people game the system.  Unfortunately, sometimes legitimate financial hardship looks not all that different from someone trying to game the system.

I am sure the financial aid officers have heard every story in the book about how and why the office ought to re-evaluate the aid offer.  Unfortunately, some of them are true.

BC

[BostonCard]

Right.  As long as income is a factor in tuition, individuals will be incentivized to game the system to minimize the amount of income they show, and the more people game the system, the more the system tries to identify and close loopholes and cases where people game the system.  Unfortunately, sometimes legitimate financial hardship looks not all that different from someone trying to game the system.

I am sure the financial aid officers have heard every story in the book about how and why the office ought to re-evaluate the aid offer.  Unfortunately, some of them are true.

BC