Students downsize college dreams
Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Peter 5664 days ago
Michael Parra loved the University of Delaware the moment he stepped on its campus, so much so that the aspiring civil engineer slapped a college sticker on his mother's bumper and sent in a deposit not long after he was admitted.
But after he learned that he would be $60,000 in debt by the end of his college years, he scuttled the plan and signed up with cheaper George Mason University, joining thousands of other high school seniors across the country who had to dial down their dreams before....