(Continued from last week’s post)
Almost-free Rent and Graduation
Mario could not pay rent. He was running out of time.
He called his friend on his cell phone, mumbling away on the street in Spanish, when a man who looked homeless approached him.
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(Part III) The True Story of How Mario Could Not Afford School, Met the President, Learned English, and Found Nearly-Free Rent in New York City
Published April 3, 2009 *All Posts , New York City 3 CommentsTags: Columbia University, graduation, rent, rent-stabilized, SIPA
(Part II) The True Story of How Mario Could Not Afford School, Met the President, Learned English, and Found Nearly-Free Rent in New York City
Published March 27, 2009 New York City , Uncategorized 1 CommentTags: Columbia, financial trading, graduate school, Sallie Mae, scholarships, SIPA, student loans
(Continued from last week’s post)
Part II: Graduate School
Mario called everyone. Nobody could or would help him, not at that price.
As a foreign national, he was not eligible for U.S. financial aid. One of his friends told him to talk to the school deans. He did; they could offer a little by way of grants, but not much and certainly not enough.
For two weeks, he talked to everyone he could — students, professors, admissions staff. He got nothing.
The True Story of How Mario Could Not Afford School, Met the President, Learned English, and Found Nearly-Free Rent in New York City
Published March 20, 2009 *All Posts , Colombia 6 CommentsTags: Alvaro Uribe Velez, Colombia, Columbia, graduate school, Pasto, Pastuso, SIPA, Uribe
Part I: College
“This guy has figured out the secret of life!” That was the first time I heard about Mario, and that may be high praise for an uptown girl to give a kid from a farming family in Pasto, but it may hold true.
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