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

[heyiya.livejournal.com]

Many PhD programs offer full funding such that you never even have to think about tuition. The UCs can be difficult and often don't guarantee it, but I think most PhD students there are not paying tuition, either. Often when you are offered admission there will be a funding 'package' where you will be offered a mix of TAships and fellowships; even in the current dire economic climate, I think you are very unlikely to expected to bear the whole cost yourself. PhDs are labor for the university at least as much as they are students, remember.

I only applied to fully funded programs in the US because I knew that I wouldn't be able to pay any kind of tuition, which is how I ended up at a private university; I know it gets more competitive every year and it's all pretty much a mess, but there are still a lot of programs that do this and it's worth taking into account.

[fantasyecho.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not too worried about that myself. I'm just... boggling at the cost, really. And of course there's the whole WHAT IF I DONT GET FUNDING COS I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH AH AAAHH AAAAAHHHHH side-panicking.