For the most part, admissions and financial aid are honorable professions. My colleagues are generally very ethical people who strive to help students and deeply believe in the importance of their mission and the service they provide.
That being said, sometimes their work this time of year - the months that colleges and universities package financial aid - can seem a little dirty. I'm not talking DIRTY - I've yet to hear about a colleague finding a way to engineer financial aid kickbacks or helping the cartels launder money through financial aid.
Clearly, however, the process is neither transparent nor easy to understand. For years I've listened to my colleagues cry that we're NOT used car dealers (by the way, I know some very ethical car dealers), but in the end, it comes down to a basic question for most families:
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