The College Brochure Buffet
Ravi opens a college brochure, sees a beautiful campus, and asks if the library is on sale. Then he converts the meal plan into rupees and finds that one sandwich costs more than his first scooter in 1995. Anaya asks whether she can take the free tote bag, and Ravi tells her to take two. Priya has already found the financial aid page, and one tip survives the whole meal: compare the full cost of attendance, not just the tuition.
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College brochures are not brochures, beta, they are menus with tuition on the back. I open one and see a beautiful campus. So I ask, is the library on sale? Arjun says, dad, it’s college. I say, exactly. Four years of reading. At least give us a student discount.
Then I convert the meal plan into rupees. One sandwich costs more than my first scooter in 1995. Anaya asks, can I take the free tote bag? I say, take two. One is for books, one is for carrying the brochure home.
Priya already found the financial aid page. My useful tip, compare the full cost of attendance, not just the tuition. What campus perk would you choose?
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