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

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, non-resident tuition is dire :(

The good news, such as it is, is that if the department offers to cover tuition (which grad schools do sometimes!) then that includes the non-resident tuition. And I think they do that more often than they offer actual money, but if you can swing that plus TA positions, it is livable, cause the UC system has a good grad student union.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but int'l students aren't often offered needs-based financial aid, so I'd have to earn all those scholarships.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and that's basically rolling the dice & hoping. I know my department tries to find something for every student it accepts, but of course departments vary. But... it can happen? And they're all *aware* that intl students need the extra tuition covered, so I think the actual departments often try harder for us if they have the ability.

which is a big if, of course :/