After reading my first blog post, you might be wondering why I even care about the College Collections Crisis. First, I am currently a college student who pays for their own schooling and – it sucks. For someone who was never taught in high school about college loans and how to pay them, its confusing as hell and expensive. Not to mention the stress I feel knowing that when I graduate I will already be neck deep in college debt.
Secondly, I care about the cost of tuition because I was unable to attend the colleges of choice regardless of getting in, because I could not afford it. I had proven myself through college applications and essays that I had the work ethic and smarts to attend these higher level schools but because they were so expensive, I had to limit myself. (I am definitely not trying to trash the school I currently attend but I am not afraid to say that it wasn’t my first or second choice.)
Lastly, I care about the rising costs of tuition because I have brilliant friends at home who could not attend any college because they could not afford it. I know that there are many other brilliant minds out there that are missing out on college because it’s too expensive. Some of these minds could go on to do great things for our world but they can’t.
I feel a personal connection to this topic and have a passion inside for making changes to the cost of college tuition because it impacts me personally, along with thousands of others on an every day basis. If college tuition costs decreased, think of all the ideas of those who can’t afford secondary education that would rise to the surface and potentially better our world.
The College Collections Crisis 