I would like to defend Kyle Robisch and his column last week regarding Bright Futures scholarships. It seems Sarah Maloney is nitpicking the literal meanings of his words. Anyone deserving a need-based scholarship is required to have a certain GPA and SAT score. That is supposed to be the point of a scholarship - to give an incentive to be a well-educated student. What's the point in receiving a scholarship to attend the university because I can't afford it if I fail every single class I take? So cheers to you, Kyle, for making this point.
As for the students who think Bright Futures should pay for classes they drop: If a student takes a class and drops, he or she should pay for it. The purpose of Bright Futures is to pay for your education, not to pay for your education exploration.
As a last note, I would like to point out that if you work two jobs to pay for college, you qualify for need-based scholarships. I am taking out more than $10,000 worth of loans in one year to pay for my education. And that is with 100 percent Bright Futures. It is rent, food and books that hurt our wallets, not tuition. As much as many of you don't want to believe it, our tuition is cheap and we are lucky.
