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15 years ago
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Tuition Increase has affected everyone!!!
Well, who hasn't been effected by the tuition increases? I know all Cal State and University colleges have been affected and is changing everyones lives with these major increases to school. I know when I first started college after high school I had many offers to 8 different schools, but thought it would be cheaper and faster to finish school if I went to a junior college first then transfered to a University. Man I was wrong about that decision, because not only has the amount of tuition gone up the transfer from a junior college hasn't made anything easier. So with this economy crisis I couldn't get a loan big enough to live close enough to campus so am living 2 hours away and have to commute 4 days a week, and with the little money I did get still isn't enough with all the money I spend in gas each week. It makes me have to work extra and doing massive amounts of hw and projects is a great amount of work each week, which has put a toll not only on myself, but on every student going to college.
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School has been hard enough to afford as an independent adult. With the crunch on state funding, schools are making it harder for students to keep up with the costs. Across the board budget cuts mean that someone has to pay for the missing funds. That somebody is us! Make school affordable without decreasing the amount of education we receive. It's a simple concept that was working fine up until a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI have been paying for most of my school's tuition since 2005 with loans. With the tuition increases, I am forced to take out larger loans which will affect me after graduating when I have to start paying these loans back. I wouldn't mind the fee increase so much if we weren't getting ripped off! Why am I paying more now, for less opportunities? I will be graduating this May, so I only have one more semester to deal with it. But I feel bad for those who just started college or even those yet to graduate high school! How long will this keep up???
ReplyDeleteI've just transfered into a four year hoping to save money since i wasn't in a rush to finish school. Now i regret the decision not going straight into a 4 year because the increase in tuition. Plus the furlough days yeah it feels like vacation but were paying more money for less days of instruction it doesn't make sense to the pocket book. On top of that i wasn't able to get classes when i was told i would be able to get a spot in a class if i was on a wait list but since the budget cuts the teachers were not able toe exceed their seat limits. Also since the budget cuts my school has not allowed us to double major or even minor in other subjects. I'm starting to think i will be here longer than the expected 2 years because the lack of classes and instructors.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you because I went to a junior college hoping to get into the school cheaper and to finish school faster. I had 7 schools I could have chosen from, but now I really regret not going and getting the 4 year experience and having a path to follow from the start. Now I'm paying more and getting less money from FAFSA.
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