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Laments of EMU - Part Two

September 21, 2004

My complaints about my school aren’t so much complaints about my school as they are complaints about colleges in general. Take books, for example. I’ve yet to meet a college student who thinks the price of textbooks is reasonable, or that the bookstores’ buy back policies are fair.

Another thing I’ve noticed about many of the campuses I’ve visited is that the layout reallly stinks. As Janet pointed out, the buildings are positioned all wrong. Rob’s old campus had buildings on the farthest corners of a field, with nothing in the middle! EMU seems to have the northwestern part of the campus set up for parking. Naturally, my first class is at the southeastern corner of campus.

EMU is known best for its education program. If you are in the education program, you will be treated to a life of luxury. In the winter, the heat will work. In the summer, the air conditioning will work. The lecture halls compete with the nicest, newest theatres. I could go on and on. Now, I understand that there are donations that are made specifically for this type of thing, and I wouldn’t be so envious if it weren’t for the sad condition of the majority of the rest of the buildings. I’ve had professors tell me that the reason they won’t hold classes in the Spring or Summer is because the room gets too hot. I’ve sat through classes in November wearing my gloves and scarf. I’m not kidding. I’ve had classes that were held in “rooms” that used to be storage closets.

My last complaint would be all the hidden costs to attend. EMU likes to tell the students that our tuition is among the lowest in the state at $156.90/credit hour for in-state undergraduate students. However, they do not include the $21/credit hour general fee, $10/credit hour technology fee, and $1.50/credit hour student union fee (which, I am guessing, is going toward the cost of the new student union which is to be built next year.) That brings tuition up to $189.40/credit hour. Add to that my $65 parking hang tag, my $225 program fee which art students always get, and my favorite, the $40 registration fee. I pay $40 to register. And of course, they keep that $40 even if I decide to withdraw from classes before the semester even begins.

I wonder if the reason its allowed to be this way is because most students know they only have to tolerate it for a few years. It bothers them less than those of us on the “for life” plan.

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One Response to “Laments of EMU - Part Two”

  1. Oz Says:
    September 22nd, 2004 at 9:27 am

    Yeah, school is a big scam. It’s a money-making venture for the university, and they put the money where it will make them the most money in the future. At Penn, it’s all about the Wharton School of Business and the engineering school. Slobs like me taking literature classes get SCREWED. They refuse to pay the profs what other Ivy League universities are paying, so the turnover rate is incredibly high as all the good profs get syphoned off to Yale, Harvard, etc.

    I really think that Europe has it right: Universities are state sponsored. My French friend paid about $1500 a YEAR to go to a great university in Paris.

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