Is tuition going up? [Archive] - ValueMD Medical Schools Forum

Compassion MD

08-04-2008, 01:13 PM

I have heard rumors that tuition is going to go up. Is it true? can someone confirm or deny it?

Are you currently a student at Sint Eustatius?

I have not heard anything regarding tution going up at all..,

If the tution does go up, its really going to hurt the school becuase of the loan situation right now... A lot of students here are having trouble with loan... some are going to take terms off and some are transfering out to Windsor.. and other places because its cheaper...,

kobester

08-04-2008, 03:23 PM

I am going to be starting in september.. I was told by a student who is already there that tuition might go up to $12000 per term..

mikeLE

08-04-2008, 04:46 PM

call the school and ask, but i highly doubt it

Compassion MD

08-04-2008, 05:38 PM

call the school and ask, but i highly doubt it

Me too.. I highly doubt it... Last year, they stopped the "books included in the tution" thing.. I really don't think they will make another change that soon...,

rdecastro

08-04-2008, 08:06 PM

I am going to be starting in september.. I was told by a student who is already there that tuition might go up to $12000 per term..

LOL, I don't think so. That would be a 65% increase.

Compassion MD

08-05-2008, 10:02 AM

I have heard rumors that tuition is going to go up. Is it true? can someone confirm or deny it?

No increase... Just got my bill today.. still 7,800.

kobester

08-05-2008, 11:55 AM

I too got my bill yesterday.. but I was talking about tuition increase for the January term and onwards, not for september.
I tried calling the offices.. but only reached voice mail. Hopefully they are just rumors and have no validity.

Bubkas1

08-05-2008, 01:25 PM

I telephoned the NY office about a possible tuition increase. I was told that the admin is looking at a possible small increase, which would not go into effect until 2009 (if it goes forward at all).

kobester

08-05-2008, 02:38 PM

So it seems the rumors are true then. Hopefully Not a dramatic increase. Maybe like a $1000 or $1500 per term would not be that bad.

Compassion MD

08-05-2008, 03:34 PM

Really hope it won't go up..,

I know several... around 5ish students are transferrring out because of the LOAN situation.., if the tution goes out..., more students will be transferring out too... then less student... more more tution increase to make up the missing student's tution... suppply demand....

sigh.

kobester

08-05-2008, 04:11 PM

Where did they transfer to? Is transferring out that easy?

Compassion MD

08-05-2008, 04:59 PM

Where did they transfer to? Is transferring out that easy?

Some to Windsor, Trinity, St. James, Xavier.. etc.. School can't stop anyone from transferring... so I guess you can say it is that easy., Yes... if the school they are transfering to requires them to repeat... believe me, they still want to transfer becuase tution is cheaper there..,

Bubkas1

08-05-2008, 05:53 PM

Compassion MD knows how to 'work it' for her school...but her school isn't UStatia.

mikeLE

08-05-2008, 08:45 PM

I dont see why they even would do that, we have a huge loan crisis and they want to increase tuition. I dont too much about marketing, but that seems really stupid to me.

doctor21

08-06-2008, 08:39 AM

I dont see why they even would do that, we have a huge loan crisis and they want to increase tuition. I dont too much about marketing, but that seems really stupid to me.

You and I are in agreement on this topic. I can not fathom why a school would increase tuition when they can't offer their students the right FA package that they need to stay in school.

drjds

08-06-2008, 09:50 AM

Compassion MD knows how to 'work it' for her school...but her school isn't UStatia.

Is this a joke? B/c far as I know, HE is a student at SE...but, I'll let him respond....

kobester

08-06-2008, 03:40 PM

Even if they do decide to raise it.. it would suck for the students who are starting in January term. Some of them deferred until January from September. Now they have to come up with more financial resources.

drjds

08-07-2008, 10:31 AM

PLEASE, PLEASE someone found out if this is true or not.

kobester

08-07-2008, 12:36 PM

PLEASE, PLEASE someone found out if this is true or not.

Yea.. somebody called the NY offices and they said, they MIGHT increase tuition Slightly.

It is just an initiative.. so it is not final yet. I bet if u complain ahead of time, they might even listen.

drjds

08-07-2008, 12:46 PM

Maybe I will try that, b/c I'm probably going to be one of the ones who will defer until January.

kobester

08-07-2008, 01:47 PM

Yea.. give it a try.. let them know you are very concerned about it, try to act that you are kind a mad. Let us know how it goes. Good Luck.

drjds

08-07-2008, 03:57 PM

I emailed CF and she said she has not heard of this, and if this does happens, all student will be informed.

Where did this info come from?

kobester

08-07-2008, 04:14 PM

Well..I was originally notified by a student who is already there on the island about this. Then I posted it here. Then one of the members called the NY office and he posted that They are thinking about raising but have not decided yet. I don't know who it was.. but if u read the first page of this thread you will see his response.

rdecastro

08-07-2008, 05:55 PM

The school is a business. Businesses are always 'thinking' about raising prices...And thinking about what it will do to the bottom line.

Right now, raising tuition would most likely not help the schools bottom line.

aceline

08-11-2008, 04:58 PM

I heard that there might be an increase in 2009, but a small percentage to cover increases in operating costs. I may be wrong, but I think SE was one of the few schools that did not increase tuition from 2007 to present. Other schools have had at least 1 increase, maybe 2 in that time. I don't think they are trying to make up for lost students if it is a small increase. Maybe just bad timing from our point of view.

Dr. N2012

08-11-2008, 06:18 PM

Well they need to take in account the survival of the school before they make any changes. That's all I have to say.

Compassion MD

08-12-2008, 03:34 PM

Dr. N2012

08-12-2008, 03:52 PM

Did you guys even know that the electircal bill increased $600 ish last month due to the new cafeteria and the school is not even charging them at all! Not even for the space. So those couple down there are making mad money w/o having to pay for electricity bill or rent.

Got it from an extremely reliable source.

You are right. I have also been informed about this. However, I think its because the couple have spent so much time effort and money to built the whole thing. I guess that might be the reason for school not to charge them. But i think school probably will charge after they have made enough to cover all the money they have spent. But that's just my guess.....

vasman132

09-11-2008, 09:57 AM

when the tuition increases, it usually goes up by about $200-$300. i think i've had two tuition increases since i started, but it's been holding steady for a year+ now.