Financial Aid Argumentative Essay

Financial Aid was created to increase enrollment rates for higher education. It is expected of young adults to further their education to get a good job, even if they do not have the money to do so. Because of these expectations, the price of college tuition has increased dramatically. Due to the increase in tuition, middle class families can no longer afford to pay for their child’s education, causing students to have to work to pay for college because they do not qualify for financial aid. With the criteria set for Financial Aid, it is becoming more difficult for middle-class students to afford college. College students who work to support themselves and their families should be granted much more financial aid than they currently receive.

There are many types of financial aid.

Grants, scholarships, and loans are the most popular forms of financial aid. To be eligible for college grants and/or scholarships, students have to meet a certain criteria. Income is an important asset to receiving most grants and scholarships. FAFSA is based off a students and/or parents income, and if the parents make over a certain amount of money, the student does not qualify for certain grants or scholarships. It is easy to see that it is close to impossible for middle-class families to pay for college when they have a mortgage and more than one child. Some instances parents do not financially support their child, forcing their child to work after high school graduation to support them self. It’s not very fair for financial aid to be partially based off of parents or guardians income as well as the

students.
Being a young single mother can be difficult and overwhelming, but because that young mother is single and has a baby, it is easier for her to receive financial aid for college. For example, if an eighteen year old female got pregnant and had a baby in high school, but still lived with her parents and her family was financially supporting her, it is easier for her to get financial aid because she is single and has a baby. Having a baby is life changing and can be difficult when a parent is single and raising that child, but it was a choice they made to have unprotected sex and have a baby. Yet, they get money for college to better themselves and make a better life for them and their family, while students who don’t have a baby or a family financially supporting them have to work a part time or full time jobs just to go to college.
Many of middle class college students are left in debt after graduation because of student loans.

Getting a student loan is the only option for many students who cannot afford college and do not qualify for financial aid. The debt that students face because of a lack of financial aid could potentially cause students to not graduate, or even avoid college all together because they cannot afford it. If American students do not graduate and finish college, we will fall even more behind other countries like China economically and educationally. Many college graduates who received student loans end up defaulting on their loans because they are not making enough money to keep up with their

debt.
Just because middle-class students may have grown up in nicer homes and in better neighborhoods than low-income students, does not mean that the government should deny middle-class students the financial aid grants that they need.