SFSU Students Take Over Building in Protest

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

Also, their situation isn't unique. Schools all over the country, many with MUCH higher tuition, are implementing increases. Sure, they may not be as obviously drastic, but when you combine it with a twofold increase in fees, increases in room and board, etc., it adds up.

This. (even though I hate it when people say "this" it really just sums it up here)

The cost of education is going up everywhere, and even with the tuition hike this is still comparatively a very affordable education.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

This. (even though I hate it when people say "this" it really just sums it up here)

I also hated that until I started doing it.

Tuition goes up, some more drastically than others. It is their right to protest. At the end of the day, the tuition will still go up unless the protestors have other bright ideas. Whether or not enrollment and retention suffers because of it is something that most colleges and universities pay people to keep an eye on.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I also hated that until I started doing it.

Ugh, I hope I don't make a habit of it

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Ugh, I hope I don't make a habit of it

This.

[VandalSquirrel]

The cost of living in San Francisco is ridiculous, and as a native San Franciscan if I wanted to attend any area schools I would have had to live at home, and even that cost was higher than going out of state for one year an changing my residency to Idaho. Registering my car is cheaper here, as well as my insurance.

http://www.sfsu.edu/~finaid/newcost.html

For a full time student living on their own with in state tuition it will cost $22,830 for a year.

Perhaps these students might be interested in transferring to the University of Idaho because with the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) they'd pay 2,000 less a year and be able to live somewhere decent and walk or bike to school at $20,946. Our sales tax is also lower, but it isn't hard to get a two bedroom apartment for $500 a month within walking distance and utilities aren't much.

http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...ttendance.aspx

There's even a guaranteed transfer scholarship of $3,000 to be paid over two years with a 3.3 and 30 credits completed. There's a whole section with transfer courses and the amount of scholarships are insane, most of my friends are debt free or close to it for their BA/BS and even graduate school has a lot to give, especially engineering.

http://www.uidaho.edu/futurestudents...olarships.aspx


See you soon California students, don't forget to pack winter clothes but with the amount of money you'll save you can buy one as well as gloves, a hat, and snow boots with the money you'll be saving. We're also playing in the Humanitarian Bowl if you want to meet us in Boise, bet you could carpool to Moscow.