Financial Aide?

The Student Financial Service's line seems unbearably long and oppressing today as I await the five minute service I am surely to receive from the financial advisers behind the desk.  Again I will be told to wait another month, turn in more proof to show that I am unemployed, poor, and in need of financial assistance.

Financial aide means security and perhaps a next semester in college for many students.  Cassandra Pierre-Louis, a sophmore and Business major at Adelphi University said "I am annoyed because I'm not sure I will be able to officially register on time."

Often times, after months of waiting for financial aide, you are still left with a large bill. "I take out 7,500 in loans, the school gives 8,000, and I'm still left with a 5,000 bill," said Pierre-Louis.

The most consistent advice these financial counselors always give is to take out a loan, and if said loan doesn't cover the cost, take out another.

At a time when government money for colleges is on the decline and tuition cost is on the rise, students are left to fend for themselves.