I am still frum because even though the director of my program was really mean to me by accepting me into this program and then telling me to leave because I can’t afford to pay off such a high amount of money before the end of the year (12,000 dollars), my friends and other people still donated money towards my tuition, and I know that I am planning on coming back to Israel at the end of august.
I dont mean to defend the director, but its not so simple. Unfortunatly there are bills to pay. Salaries need to be paid, Utitlities have to be paid, Maintainace has to be paid. They cannot easily give scholoships. Most US universites have endowments that do pay for some scholoships, I dont think many if any Yeshivas, seminaries other similar have endowments.
I suspect he might have come out mean, but he really was facing reality