Additional aid would be necessary.

We spoke about all of it plainly.

One evening Selena placed two university brochures on the table.

One program was far away and prestigious.

The other was closer to home, offered strong research opportunities, and cost substantially less after available aid.

“Which one should I choose?” she asked.

“You don’t have to choose tonight,” I said.

“And I won’t tell you that expensive automatically means better.”