I'm currently sitting in the library at th3 Goofball's college and trying to figure out the difference between his school and mine. He attends a small, liberal arts college in Colorado. I go to a fairly large community college in California. His school charges almost $50,000 for room, board, and tuition per year. Mine? About $800 per year for a full load. His school is full of rich (or upper-class), white kids (really). My school, due to the serious cheapness and accessibility, is heavily middle- and low-income people of all ages and backgrounds. Facility-wise, I think my school has more available computers, but th3 goofball's has more library tech. and more staff. The food here is decent, but it has to be (I bring my own lunch to campus, so I have no real frame of reference to judge on this). I think that there is a par on professor/student relations, but his school has better student to teacher ratios. California weather is clearly superior to Colorado's - snow is not acceptable.
Conclusion: This private college has great facilities, and devotes time to it's students. But this treatment is not worth paying $42,000 more for tuition and extras. In addition, the bland "mixture" of students does not add to the level of education received.
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I don't get it.
23 November 2009
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i dont get it either. and that is a ridiculous amount of money to pay for ONE year.
I'm going to a local community college right now, too. I like the fact that there's people in my classes ranging from 21 to mid fifties. I think that for getting an associate's degree, it's a great way to go. When I move on and need to go to a university, I'll have saved a ton of money which will suit me fine come loan-payback time.
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