(Continued from last week’s post) View Larger Map 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 [...]
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(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
Posted in New York City, Uncategorized, tagged Columbia, financial trading, graduate school, Sallie Mae, scholarships, SIPA, student loans on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The True Story of How Mario Could Not Afford School, Met the President, Learned English, and Found Nearly-Free Rent in New York City
Posted in *All Posts, Colombia, tagged Alvaro Uribe Velez, Colombia, Columbia, graduate school, Pasto, Pastuso, SIPA, Uribe on March 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
View Larger Map 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.