SunnyD
Belgian Waffler
My community college was about $3200/year which got me an A.S., and transferring to a state college to finish out my B.S. was $5200/year. Of course this was also 14 years ago...
~30% of students at the UC's get a full ride including room and board (which is more than 2x expensive than tuition).
You have to compare everything else (cost of living), not just tuition. It's probably very expensive to live near UCLA. A quick check on State College, PA on craigslist shows that rent is about $400-500 a month. I see at least $750 /month in LA, most of them are more expensive.
I disagree. Room & board prices at colleges rarely reflect the cost of living in the surrounding area. Heck, where one of my sons goes to school, (if they offered such a loan), he could get together with 2 friends and purchase a house for just the cost of board for 3 or 4 years.
I read the cost will go to about $10K a year, which as stated above, is still decent compared to other states.
Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor
show details 12:08 PM (2 hours ago)
Approximately 200 protestors are continuing to demonstrate on the south side of campus in the area around Wheeler Hall. Wheeler Hall is occupied by protestors and the building remains locked.
All classes at Wheeler are suspended until further notice and employees who work in Wheeler Hall are advised that they should plan on not being able to enter the building for the remainder of the work day. Employees should confirm alternative work arrangements with their supervisor, as possible. Instructors who teach in Wheeler Hall are being contacted by e-mail.
Fire alarms have been intentionally set off in several buildings including Barrows, Dwinelle, and Sproul Hall. The fire department is verifying that these are false alarms and will allow people to reenter buildings when it is safe to do so.
The safety of our campus community, including those involved in this protest, are an utmost priority of our police as they work to resolve the situation.
Thank you to all members of the campus community for your continued patience in this matter. Please check for updates throughout the day on the Berkeley home page http://berkeley.edu
Uhhh CA universities are NOT CHEAP at all. I've talked to friends in Ohio and Georgia, and UCs are expensive compared to many other public schools.
I paid around $7500 a year for tuition. It's not credit hour, and plus such benchmarks are unreliable. It's really how much per semester. We talked about huge fee hikes since I've been in school, and honestly, it's about the same still... Maybe not. Hahaha.
Here's the problem, the UC system is the best public school system in the world. Cal and UCLA cover the top 10 like no other. Even UCSD excels in many fields. You could take mid and lower tier UCs and they'd rank better than many other state schools.
CA is getting more Asians and more Hispanics. The Asians crowd the top UCs and then the people who do shitty expect to go to the top schools still. No, you can't survive Berkeley, you got it? I see lots of people come from shitty communities and think they are business bound in Berkeley, and then they run into the cutthroat Asian Big-4-bound-accounting folk who completely slaughter them in econ classes.... Then they come back and say "Man, Berkeley is fcking hard." Yeah it is hard. That's why only the best go. Shrug. What do people want from the #1 English school, #4 law school, #3 engineering school, #5 undergrad business program, etc etc etc....? The same applies to other UCs.
The UC system already has a more generous admit rate than any private school. Berkeley and UCLA grant like 23-25% admissions and they're the most applied to in the nation.
I think as these institutions get better and better, standards need to go up. Sorry that fees go up. The state is broke, what do you want? More of a free ride?
10K is not much compared to what other top schools are charging. Cal, UCLA are one of the top rank schools in teh nation. tuition is still far less for instate students compared to other top private schools like Stanford. If your an out of state student then its pretty much the same.
The idiots who think that protesting and taking over buildings will somehow magically end the fee hike are only kidding themselves. its just an excuse.
The CSUs and UCs would be smart not to wait for the even bigger idiots in Sacramento to figure things out. I assure you the close to 1 billion both are hoping for will not come.
Sacramento's answer is fuzzy math and tax hikes only more taxes will drive people away. That unemployment is high, good luck getting anything close to their BS revenue projections.
UCLA huh? I'm surprised that the Asian community doesn't claim it as racial discrimination.