Posted at November 27, 2015, 2:52 pm:
Sorry if this has been done recently...
Anyway, I'm in my last year of high school and looking at university. I'm interested in the School of Music, as well as various and History courses.
The School of Music alone is 16 000 dollars for the four year program, and you have to pay for all your music yourself, which will likely become a very large payment.
Even worse, for Philosphy, Western History, and Near Eastern History, and Classical (Rome and Greece) it's a good 20 000 dollar pay-off before books and other fees.
This is at the University of Manitoba.
Anyway, how the hell is anyone supposed to afford that without a well insured relative gettin' hit by an oncoming semi?
My mom herself sure as hell can't afford it because she herself was a victim of the vicious circle that kept her out of university. My dad can't pay this because he was in the same situation. They'd maybe be able to get me 10 000 dollars or so and that's it!
Scholarships could help some, and I am working very hard to obtain some, but they exactly won't help much.
And say I don't make it into the U of M, but I get accepted into say...the University of Toronto. I'm stuck with moving costs, and I'm stuck with renting a dorm.
All the while I'll have to study my *** off 24/7.
I'm working now and saving cash, but minimum wage doesn't exactly earn you $16000 a year, especially when you can barely work because you're trying to keep your grades up so you can get scholarships and actually get accepted into university. And with all this, how is anyone really expected to keep a healthy social life?
Anyway, not that the little rant is over, I post my few questions.
How is a lower-middle class high schooler supposed to escape the vicious circle that keeps the rich rich and the poor poor?
Should banks and other financial institutions be allowed to charge interest on student loans?
Why are universities still making their costs higher and higher each year?
Anyway, I honestly just don't know what to say because the reality I'm facing right now is that I may not be able to afford university, and therefore my kids after me may not be able to afford it, and then my grandkids, and so on.
Discuss the complete bull**** that surrounds us all when it comes to the high price of schooling.
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Replies:Those prices are for people who have no trouble paying for them
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Meh, that's nothing.
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$47,000 a year
stfu all of you
That's why West Virginia is going to own for me
Eleven grand a year...
I'll earn £100,000 a year, so I imagine you'll make up for it with you...
higher demand, in part caused by government subsidation.
jhu
I got a bunch of financial aid and scholarships and whatnot
And my p...
i had a friend who almost went there untill he realized it wasn't wort...
systems & cognitive neuroscience with a minor in music
it's worth...
yeah he was doing law or something.
law school admission rates for jhu prelaw is like 95-99%
same for med...
because it was too expensive, that and he got a soccer scolarship to s...
I can go to any state school for free just because I took a standardiz...
Government loans my friends.
Student loans seem to work fine, your system may be different to how i...
eurgh I hate west london accommodation prices.
yea yea
Come to UoT, im applying there for next year.
You're doing medicine right? Do you get NHS funding then?
My course i...
NZ student loans from the government get zero interest for university ...
No.
Lol atrociously high figures.
Your money for three A's covers all your tuition fees? Is that for a y...
it's a repetitive grant.
Here in denmark, education is free, and we get paid ~500$ a month if w...
What university are you at? I've got a few mates down there, although ...
But you also pay insanely high taxes, yes?
I'm pretty sure that's w...
It's a pretty good trade-off if you ask me.
Why don't we socialize education, or should I be so bold as to say &qu...
That was a jab at your Canadianism, by the way.
don't you mean canadianizm?
We often use both in free variation.
Hell yes I do.
So, do none of you believe that students should contribute to higher e...
Well, not everybody attends university, nor should everybody.
World breaking high taxes, yes, but on the other hand our minimum pay ...
The IOP give bursaries to universities to give out to physics students...
Government loans ftw.
I don't know why but for some reason I didn't think you were in univer...
I am saying the latter
I do not go until next year
I won't be go...
I'm going to have fill out one of those this time next year.
Imagine baking a cake and being told you can only eat it if you identi...
Haha, good luck with it.
Awesome, you're applying for Cambridge too? What course/college?
Manchester gives out physics bursaries based on A-Level results.
Ummm.
Churchill for Natural Sciences (physical)
Sup 23,000 USD / year tuition.
Meh, screw cambridge.
If I was in London for any extended amount of time I'd probably die of...
I really like to visit London.
Good choice I think [url=http://www.
You just have to admit to yourself that universities cost to much and ...
Divide and conquer.
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