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Re: Free tuition doesn't mean free college, students point out 

By: ribit in POPE IV | Recommend this post (3)
Tue, 07 Feb 17 10:54 AM | 43 view(s)
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...my point was that these folks want somebody else to pick up the entire tab for their education. When I went I managed to work 40 hours a week on a job and go to school part time. If ya go year round it takes about six months longer than going three quarters a year with a full schedule. Another biggy was that ya didn't have to take all the grab ass courses (phys ed etc) if ya was a part timer. I had just left the Marine Corps and didn't feel like volleyball was gonna change my life a lot.




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Re: Free tuition doesn't mean free college, students point out
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Tue, 07 Feb 17 10:44 AM 		Msg. 20149 of 47202

ribit: 

re: "in addition to tuition they expects ya to pay for they room and board and healthcare and midnite snacks and a suitable vehicle and a computer and maybe ten thousand bucks a month for amenities."

Room & board is, indeed, a racket. I just checked and the room (a little bigger than your typical kid's bedroom ... and shared with a roommate) runs $8,000 per year at both Virginia Commonwealth and Cornell. It's another $5,500 per year for "dining" at Cornell. I think these charges are standard.

Moreover, living on campus is mandatory for Freshmen at the top colleges (M.I.T., Harvard, Princeton, etc.). What a scam. They at least cut the students a break after the first year and let them find their own place. At Harvard, I've heard that most do NOT - but then Harvard is unusual in that an extraordinary amount of campus life takes place in the Houses - which are run by eminent members of the faculty who are live-in advisors to the students. Given how prominent these people are, that's a very valuable thing. (Our student guide said his House was run by one of the Deans.)

Still, it aint' cheap. 

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