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Vaquero Voice

Deeandra Flores
Biomedical sciences freshman

“It’s a great opportunity for those that are less fortunate and don’t have money to get an education. … It should be a competitive process, only because kids shouldn’t just get the free money and come to school. Myself, my family, we do make over $75K [a year]. I don’t get any student financial support from the school, so it’s coming out of pocket for me. Although, I worked very hard in my high school years to be top ranked and I have to pay out of pocket, so I think these kids have to be either at the same level, very competitive kids in order to get the tuition. I don’t think it should just be like, ‘Here, go ahead have your free school,’ because some kids are going to slack off just to take advantage of the free money. So, I just think it has its pros and cons.”

Jose Mortera
Biomedical sciences freshman

“I think it’s a really good opportunity for people that do not have money or [are] not financially well. It’s just not good to, like, just accept anybody. I think they should make it competitive and only accept people that are actually deserving and not people who are just, ‘Oh, I am going to college because it’s free.’’

“I think they only have it up for publicity because on my side, I think it’s really unfair, because of those who come from a large family, some are not able to go to college and some have to sacrifice, like, actually going to college so that they can let their younger siblings go. In my opinion, I really think that it’s really unfair but at the same time, it’s OK ’cause not a lot of people can afford to go to college, but they should also have an alternative thing for those whose parents make above $75,000.”

Rodrigo Padron
Estudiante de tercer año en biología

“Creo que es algo muy bueno porque yo se que cuando estás estudiando y el dinero es un problema, te puede quitar mucho la habilidad de enfocarte en tus exámenes y tu tarea y tu trabajo. Entonces, si el dinero no es un problema para los estudiantes, va a ayudarles mucho en sus grados y poder sacar una carrera muy buena”.