[Jakey]

I would love to see someone clearly explain how one President can completely overall the secondary education financial system. Sure FAFSA is a joke, but IMHO, the main reason why the financial aid system is so f*cked up is due to one reason: emphasis on minority enrollment. Now hear me out before you get pissed reading this. My justification behind saying that is because I have experienced first hand how over and over again, the colleges, universities, and junior colleges are placing a priority on recruiting minority students. Do I see anything wrong with this? Absolutely not if it is done fairly but I believe the system right now is not fair. Right now too many students are earning full rides to his/her given educational institution simply because of a minority status and not because of academics. My roommate my freshman year here at ISU was a gentleman from central Illinois who's parents grew up in Sri Lanka. He was born in the United States (ironically in Ames), had always lived in the United States, but was on a full ride because of his ethnic background. He was not a National Merit Scholar nor did he have any form of award on his resume justifying his tuition grant. He is currently on a full ride simply because of his status as a minority student. Now if you want to complain about the financial aid system, I believe the minority student requirements for schools needs to be drastically rethought because there are way too many students out there who are on full rides because of their ethnic background, and not because of academics.