The price of college...and occasionally eating

[punkgrrrlie10]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2534206

NEW YORK -- A New York University sophomore who says he spent eight months sleeping in a library basement because he couldn't afford campus housing has been moved to a free dormitory room, school officials said.

[Big Papa Goat]

That guy looks really weird.

[mburbank]

There's going to need to be a revolution in this field. If pprices held where they are right now, I'd have no hope at all of sending my daughters to college.

[Miss Modular]

That kid actually grew up a half an hour from where I live. I don't know him, but I'm not surprised that someone from my area would end up in a situation like that.

[mesobe]

I paid 15 grand a year when i was doing my post seconday shit. never again

[punkgrrrlie10]

I paid 30.

[El Blanco]

about $3500 a year after expenses. And its was a good school.

But, ya the schools are getting really expensive. But, that pays for the grants for the research labs and all that other good stuff.

[El Blanco]

says he washed in the library's bathroom and took occasional showers at friends' apartments and dorm rooms.

Ya, he fit right in down in the Village.

[Miss Modular]

I thought Williamsburg was the one with dirty people.

[AChimp]

Canadian university educations are subsidized. You should come here for school. It is cheaper. :D

My tuition has never been above $3500.

[El Blanco]

And just how do Canadian universities compare to American?

[mesobe]

And just how do Canadian universities compare to American?

haha. well after watching Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans" I would say any school compare very well to american "schools"

[El Blanco]

And can you be anymore specific? Or is it just another of your bullshit?

[thebiggameover]

:lol

[punkgrrrlie10]

Canadian university educations are subsidized. You should come here for school. It is cheaper. :D

My tuition has never been above $3500.

but do they charge the non-resident fees which fuck people over. Tuition at ucla was around 3300/quarter but out of staters and international students paid like 10 or something a quarter.

[VinceZeb]

AChimp having to explain a position instead of being a parrot. This I have to see

[Big Papa Goat]

And just how do Canadian universities compare to American?

haha. well after watching Rick Mercer's "Talking to Americans" I would say any school compare very well to american "schools"

Your what I hate about Canadians mesobe >:

[executioneer]

jesus christ like there are no retarded-ass ignorant canadians :rolleyes

[AChimp]

Yeah, there's fees for being an international student, so the tuition would nearly double. Those fees are mostly charged by the various levels of government, though. Still, C$7000 is better than US$15K. There have been a few Americans in my business classes who came here for that reason alone. "High demand" faculties charge more, of course, or prevent international students from entering (ie. pharmacy).

What most international students do to get around those restrictions is to live here for a year and take a few easy courses and maybe work on campus. After the year, they can apply to be a Canadian resident and they apparently don't get charged as much.

The education levels are the same because it's the same big international associations that are accrediting the degree programs.

[Bennett]

AChimp having to explain a position instead of being a parrot. This I have to see

did you catch that last post boortz-y, did you get that, mouthpiece?

[mburbank]

See, Vinth? Explaining things isn't so hard. You should at least give it a try sometime. AND SELL ME YOUR DAMN EMPTY SITE unless you never meant it becuase you're a lieing bag of pussychicken.

[theapportioner]

All expenses combined, I'll be looking at around ~50 grand/yr.

[Big McLargehuge]

I go to the University of Arizona which is one of the cheapest public colleges in the nation, after paying for housing and food i pay about 20 grand a year. The real price is having to live in Tucson, Arizona.

[da blob]

here universities are FREE

[El Blanco]

No, they are taxed subsidized. That is not free. Also, the only really good schools in Europe are so exclusive, you can't within a mile of them.

[AChimp]

If you're a Native, you can go to university here for free. :(

[punkgrrrlie10]

part of compensating for all the land that's been stolen.

[glowbelly]

i go to cleveland state university. the tuition just increased $1000 a semester.

the only good thing about going to college right now (besides getting my edumacation) is the tax break that i got this year for paying for some of my tuition.

[Perndog]

Come on. The dude in the linked article goes to a school with $31,000 a year tuition. You know how high above average that is? If you can't afford it, either find some more student loans or go to a cheaper school. Ridiculous.

Max, though prices are indeed rising, there are still plenty of good colleges that will take your daughters for less than half of what this freeloader pays.

[punkgrrrlie10]

I heard Harvard was instituting free tuition for kids whose parents make less than 40K a year...and a sliding scale on up.

Commies!

[El Blanco]

My school had a system sort of like that, but you had to have bad grades, too (don't ask me how that worked, I wasn't in the program)