Education
I need to briefly rant about UBC. Although recognized as one of the top schools in the world, at least within the top 50, I feel like my overall expected university experience has not been met. At the top of the list, are student fees. After an assessment of student fees, it currently sits at about $500 for one year. In the faculty of arts, to take a 3 credit course is roughly $430. And here I am paying out money to a sexual assault fund, and rec fees alone are nearly $200. If students are expected to pay nearly $200 for ubcrec..why the hell do we have to pay to participate in everything they have to offer? I mean tuition is already ridiculous as it is. Not to mention it’s already increased since last year by roughly $10 a course. And of course, the SUB renewal fee. Yeah, I know we had a referendum in March concerning this, but when the Alma Mater Undergraduate Society was like “hey vote YES to renew the SUB!” They forgot to mention we’d be paying $20 the first year, with a $10 increase each year after that. So this year I will pay 20, the next 30, the next 40..and within 3 years, there goes an extra $100 for a SUB that I will probably never use. Rising tuition fees are probably my biggest concern, considering I don’t see how the material could have changed that much in the last year so that I must be paying an extra $10 per course. Aside from that, affordable living on campus is nowhere in sight outside of UBC’s rent controlled living, also known as Housing and Conferences. Although you pay for crap for a small space, it’s better than what the other places on campus are charging. In a world for students, you’d think you’d make it easier for them, considering you’re charging them like crazy to being with. I mean, what’s it to my residence anyway if all their expenses are, are property expenses, and utilities. Rez is so limited here for people who actually need it. Although UBC continues to provide remarkable education in comparison to a good majority of BC’s educational institutions, I find that the extra money I pay to go to UBC isn’t justified.
