As I looked for a national newspaper, I realized that they were not very common on the campus. I noticed that the campus newspaper, The Spectator, was very common, but I managed to find The New York Times in the library. The article, “Before College, the Big Test: Filling Out the Financial Aid Form,” caught my eye. The article states how difficult it is to fill out the financial aid form provided by FASA. The financial aid form has roughly 100 questions that many critics think scares off people who need the aid most. When President Obama was campaigning he promised to eliminate the form; is secretary of education had this to say concerning the form: “You basically have to have a Ph.D. to figure that thing out.” Whether or not it will replaced is unclear at the moment. In the mean time, parents and students will have to keep filling out this long, and often times, ineffective form.
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