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To: AK2004 who wrote (176901)2/5/2004 7:15:43 PM
From: Noel  Read Replies (2) of 186894
 
undegraduate schools are just looking to give away scholarships to those who are interested in natural sciences and applied math

Please do not generalize. When I was an ECE TA at a top state school, a lot of my students used to work half-time jobs because they were not funded. The good ones had scholarships which were not worth much.

Most of them were burnt out at the end of four years and just did not see themselves going through more of the same in grad school. One problem is that a lot of financial aid nowadays is need-based. However, you have to be really poor to qualify.

Another thing that surprised me during my graduate years was that some of my American colleagues were in debt because of educational loans.

Being in research, I talk very often with professors at the top US schools. They, too, worry about the same -- undergraduate education at a top engineering school is just not affordable any more.
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