O_O

[jhameia]

So UC Santa Barbara has this Cost of Attendance calculator which the advisor linked me to and I checked it out.

Tuition: $12192
Student Services Fees: $746
Books and Supplies: $1414
Food: $2484
Telephone: $281
Transportation: $1214
Health Care Allowance: $2345
Personal Expenses: $1512
Rent: $13198
Utilities: $422
Non-Resident Tuition Fee: $14694
Additional Non-Resident Education Fee: $408
Total:$50910

Given how the US Dollar keeps falling, my family could probably handle it, but.... but... BUT. The Non-Resident Tuition is more than 100% the tuition.

I have NEVER seen this before. EVER. I mean, HOW?

OK FINE IT IS LIKE ONLY 5% MORE BUT STILL. I'm used to seeing int'l student fees match tuition fees, NOT EXCEED THEM.

I'll be on my bed weeping and wondering if it's worthwhile to apply anywhere now.

Comments

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

US schools usually treat out-of-state students the same way Canadian schools treat international students; someone going there from Nevada would get creamed the same way that you or I would. It's one of those things that guaranteed I wouldn't be applying to US schools. :P

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm still boggling over it. I'd still have to pay these fees either way, but this makes me really hope to get into a Canadian school, since then I can start applying for PR-ship.