It's actually an advantage in the world of financial aid because when a student applies for financial aid and they are put through the analysis, the results of their free application and put through the federal needs analysis to determine needs, if there is more than one in college in the same family, then the student is considered twice as needy. When most people think financial aid, they think debt. A. Well, I would say honestly that student loans do make up a large portion of what is considered financial aid. So the recommendation of course would always be plan ahead, save as much as possible to avoid debt. In some instances that's not realistic.
Families make a strong commitment to send they children to college.
And they're willing to take on debt in order to do that. So there are low interest loans available not only for students but for parents. Q. Norm is working at hotel right now. I think it's an excellent idea for students to work on campus while they are attending school. Over 80 percent of the students on our campus do hold part-time jobs and most of them at the University of Minnesota.