college question? tution
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college question? tution
the college i attend...(Great Lakes Maritime Academy Great Lakes Martime Academy, Traverse City, MI : Northwestern Michigan College).... has a meeting scheduled for monday, they want to raise tuition rates buy 5.5%! i am all ready paying $220+ a credit hour! for my academy classes and $115 and hour for non academy classes. The academy is the MOST expensive program the college offers, rivaled closely buy the Flight school.
any how this meeting is open to the public and students. my question is do you think it will make a difference if most of the cadets from the academy show up and make our voices heard about this proposed tuition hike? couple of my friends are thinking about writing a letter to the college suggesting that if they raise rates we will seek education else ware.
any how this meeting is open to the public and students. my question is do you think it will make a difference if most of the cadets from the academy show up and make our voices heard about this proposed tuition hike? couple of my friends are thinking about writing a letter to the college suggesting that if they raise rates we will seek education else ware.
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I'm not sure if it will help or not, but it sure won't hurt to express the concern. College tuition is becoming outragously expensive (like everything else). The student loans that people rack up going to school are crazy amounts. And paying that much for school doesn't gaurantee a good job either.
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At $60-$63k for four years it seems reasonable to me, but MD is not a reasonable place for education costs so my perspective may be a bit off. How big is your financial short fall for your four year educational plan? That would be information to include in your letter. Maybe their financial aid can help you out.
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well seeing as im paying for it my self, im about 35k in the hole with student loans.
the gov says my parents make too much money for themto help. how the hell do they expect my parents to help pay for school when they only made 65k last year(my dad hurt his shoulder and hip in a fall, just got back to work in feb)
they pay my cell bill and the insurance on my trucks but thats it.
man the rich get richer and the poor....well we know what happens.
the gov says my parents make too much money for themto help. how the hell do they expect my parents to help pay for school when they only made 65k last year(my dad hurt his shoulder and hip in a fall, just got back to work in feb)
they pay my cell bill and the insurance on my trucks but thats it.
man the rich get richer and the poor....well we know what happens.
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Tuition is going up at all schools.
Does your school have a student government assoc? that would be the place to start
Does your school have a student government assoc? that would be the place to start
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You could have every student show up and it won't help. Public comments are almost always a feel good measure to let the nuts scream and yell about the issue and then it is over. 5.5% seems high for a 1 year hike, unless they haven't had a rate hike in the past year or two. The best you can hope for is a reduction in the increase percentage.
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You can show up, but to be honest it would probably be a waste of your time. I've found that colleges are like governments. Always up with the fees and never down with the spending. Lots of pet projects and less with education. That 5.5% is already accounted for and spent in next year's budget.
You're lucky you're not going to NKU. They are talking about (meaning it's going to happen) double digit percentage increases and I think they just did that a couple of years ago.
Thank god I don't need a degree for my job.
Mike
You're lucky you're not going to NKU. They are talking about (meaning it's going to happen) double digit percentage increases and I think they just did that a couple of years ago.
Thank god I don't need a degree for my job.
Mike
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That sounds a little crazy.
When I went to a university in 2001, I was paying $115.50 per credit hour for in-state students. plus a fee of 34 bucks per credit hour
It is currently 215 per hour with an 80 dollar fee per hour.
OUr Local CC charges 77 a credit hour, IT was about 35 an hr when I was there in 2000
When I went to a university in 2001, I was paying $115.50 per credit hour for in-state students. plus a fee of 34 bucks per credit hour
It is currently 215 per hour with an 80 dollar fee per hour.
OUr Local CC charges 77 a credit hour, IT was about 35 an hr when I was there in 2000
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Ok, this is not meant to be the insult it is going to sound like but,
Be sure to spell "elsewhere" the same way you just did and they should be able to figure out that you are not getting your money's worth.
Sorry, I just thought that was funny, not trying to be mean.
Sorry, I just thought that was funny, not trying to be mean.
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