Duke has a very good academic reputation but those fees are farcically high to where most graduates would spend their entire lives paying off the loans.
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Duke has a very good academic reputation but those fees are farcically high to where most graduates would spend their entire lives paying off the loans.
It's almost completely free to get a university degree in Ireland. I find the idea that something that is so necessary to someone's life in the 21st century puts you in mountains of debt for your whole life.
That's the trouble with the US - education has far too much profit motive attached to it. I was looking at doing a DPhil a few years back and only considered UK schools.
The cnuts make it hard for you to do a degree quickly too. I had to get permission to do 25 units a semester. The norm is something pathetic like 15. They want to keep you there as long as possible and squeeze you for cash.
And they spend the first year making you pay through the nose for unrelated classes such as composition, humanities etc.
Books are insane, books can cost over $200 each, little change from year to year but you need the "code" to access the website for that year for the homework etc.
And my daughter goes to Flagler, she has to buy new bedding, because they have a non standard bed size. Oh, but they can tell you where to buy the bedding, for 3 times what normal bedding costs! I went nuts at her intake and asked the head of the University if it is Pearson scamming us on bedding as well as books!
University in the US is literally a money making scam. And everyone is on the take.
Yeah there were some really bullshit classes that make up the so-called 'well-rounded education'. History of Rock Music was a good one.
Thank goodness my BA only cost me $9k.
Thank goodness by BA cost me feck all, and the other degree that I'm doing at the moment is also costing me feck all. God I love Scotland. Whisky, free stuff and the women will give you a gobby for a can of Sprite if you're willing to overlook their lack of teeth.
Rainbow wins the internet yet again. Amazing
LOL!
He's a small, petty man.
My MA cost me nothing, but I've still got student debt because I was lazy and didn't work while studying. Still lazy, but now I've got to work.
Aberdeen University FTW.
I just can’t believe Trump still has avid followers. It’s gebuinely scary what he can do and still garner support, brainwashing at its finest.
I just can’t believe Trump still has avid followers. It’s gebuinely scary what he can do and still garner support, brainwashing at its finest.
Books cost everywhere a shitload of money. And to be honest, I love buying them.
Thought more Unis would've gone to digital/iPad type reading material by now.
Drumpf puts the flag back at half mast after pressure
Haha, the spineless petty prick.
He's been banned from attending hence why he's saying that to make it look like he's got more important stuff to do.
This flag stuff is so incredibly small-time. And once again, we get to see what a bully/coward he is in that he folded and lowered it again.
McCain family banned him from attending so he's saving face by sending his lapdogs
The 'more importantly' bit at the end is bizarre. Man can't even hold a thought for an entire tweet.
The 'more importantly' bit at the end is bizarre. Man can't even hold a thought for an entire tweet.
It's pretty much Old People Facebook.
Maybe is it field-specific for comp sci/AI? I am hoping for a postdoc in Europe so maybe I'll find out first-hand.
I want to emphasise that while Duke is absurd, it's not extraordinary for a pvt R1 research university. I selected one completely at random, and the tuition at Emory University is 45k (compared to Duke's 50). When I teach the undergrads I wonder about this - how on earth am I supposed to live up to the price they're paying, and if they aren't born extremely rich, how on earth will they pay off the debts...
Have you calculated how long it will take you to pay all of this back ?
I am a phd student, the tuition (plus stipend) is paid by the department that accepted me (Genetics) for 2 years and then by my professor's grant money for the 3rd year onwards. For years 4 and after of a phd, the tuition drops *much* lower (about 10 times approx).
edit - this is a major concern for undergrads, law school, masters' programs, and medical school, not phds.
edit again- tuition is mostly a farce - we actually have only 3 semesters of coursework+lab work. After that we're either full-time in the lab or lab+teaching. It is easy money for the university to "charge" tuition (taken from department research funding and professors' grants) after 1.5 years.
Ahh right.....much cheaper then in your case. For undergrads, its getting to the point where the cost is starting to outweigh the value.
re UC Berkeley: it's a state Uni and has mostly fixed prices, like all the other state univs in CA. That's why it's so much less expensive that the private schools (Stanford, Harvard, etc).
Last I checked a bachelor's degree tuition & fees (excl room & board) was approx $17.5K/year for a California resident.
It's approx $47K/yr for students from out of state.
Last I checked a bachelor's degree tuition & fees (excl room & board) was approx $17.5K/year for a California resident.
It's approx $47K/yr for students from out of state.
The judicial system is exactly what is keeping Trump honest.. Weird not to have faith in it.
I can concur about the skepticism about the general populace. A move towards the right is how the current epoch in the west will be defined by. A little economic hardship and the veil of liberalism has fallen faster than a stripper's bra at a strip club. The collapse of the "left" and move towards the right or the far-right is a phenomenon that explicates the west today. The gain of right/far-right populism is no longer limited to a small isolated country but is gaining traction in the entire west. What started with Brexit and then the election of Trump has gained traction in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany & France. A party with Nazi roots, the Sweden Democrats, has made huge gains in the "liberal socialist utopia" that is Sweden. George Soros, refugees, Muslims, Islam, The Eurozone, sanctions against Russia, multiculturalism - are all the populist's bogeyman, used to instill the fear of the "other" and making nativism cool again. It stunning how the horrors of war have been forgotten and how easily this move towards right has found ground. It's shameful, really. There aren't 2000 pages dedicated to it because none of it as interesting and mesmerizing as the Donald Trump dog and pony show.
When I visit third world countries in Asia and Africa, I am surprised how majority of the populations there live in wretched and squalid conditions and still have that sparkle in their eyes. They have so much hope in them. Their countries ruined and plundered by the west, the seeds of division deeply sown, ruled by corrupt politicians - the people there still carry on. We, in the west, are on course of abandoning everything we stood for because of a little economic downturn; a little more color and culture in an otherwise pale and dull homogeneity. I sometimes wonder what will happen if people in the west have to live with even 1% of the hardships that the majority of the populations of those countries have to live with. It'll be pandemonium.
Let's be honest. Trump was appointed because he was white. White rich and white poor ate full of racism.
Michelle got hate for wearing a sleeveless shirt but Milania was called beautiful for showing her pussy.
Now people ready to go to Civil War.
We can't put up with this. It's about time for the normal people to rise up and vote this family out.
Michelle got hate for wearing a sleeveless shirt but Milania was called beautiful for showing her pussy.
Now people ready to go to Civil War.
We can't put up with this. It's about time for the normal people to rise up and vote this family out.
I'd wager a significantly small percentage would even take the streets/take violent action. The overwhelming majority wouldn't want to end up in jail or dead so they'll just sit behind a microphone or keyboard or stare into a tv camera with faux outrage.
The ones you'd want to watch are the obvious mental midgets like the white supremacists, militias, etc.
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So a mutiny instead. Fantastic.
Well going in arms would probably a big no, but they'll be sleeping cell, waiting for the next bigot leader to vote.
Blame the GOP for this. After years of racism against Obama they got what they deserved.
Yeah, most states unis have that gap between in/out. Crazy alright.I knew there was an in/out gap, I had no idea it was that bad
What a pity.
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