University fees and common sense

I was in housing yesterday, and I stated that I was interested in finding out how much it would cost to move back to Spindler Hall because the apartment I'm living at is too expensive for me. Sure, I can afford it, but I'm spending way too much money. The first response was: "well, we did a study of other apartment complexes, and it's right on par with those." I said, fine, it's too much for me. And judging from the fact that EVERY apartment in my building but mine is empty, it's probably too expensive for others as well. She then said, "well, we should know by April, but I believe the prices are actually going to be going down."

What's with this kind of response system? Are the prices too high causing the prices to have to go down? Or are they comparable with everyone else, so they're going to remain the same? Why can't you get a straight answer from anyone around here? She then said that it's really strange, but my building is the only one that is empty like that; all the rest are filled. I didn't even bother to mention that I walk by ALL the buildings here and look through the open windows and they are ALL empty like mine. Again, you can't get a straight answer.

Let's move to the tuition for campus. We're told that tuition won't go up; instead, we're maintaining the same levels except for the allowable increase according to the agreement with the governor. YET, administrative fees are going to start being tacked on that are just outright ridiculous.

In all this, they're not giving us any new money. Housing is expensive. Tuition is expensive. And administrative fees are expensive. Yet, we get exactly the same amount of education as before (well, less in a lot of cases) and no more money from financial aid.

At least we're getting a real lesson of the real world here at college. Sometimes you have to wait your entire life for an Enron to take away your pension to learn these valuable lessons.

Stumble It!