Too late for me

Brown University is eliminating tuition for students whose parents earn less than $60,000, after decisions by fellow Ivy League universities to bolster financial aid as their endowments grow. Brown’s action follows similar moves by Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Stanford.

I wish all the colleges started doing this about 10 years ago, so that I -- and my parents who are divorced and still wouldn't even make $60k combined -- would not be saddled with $30,000 in student loans or a twice re-mortgaged house. When I think of all the hot pockets I ate for dinner because I had no money, or the schools I didn't apply to because I knew aid wasn't coming to someone like me.....