Tuition Rates

That would be a nice detail!

Wow Uni is real cheap in England. You'd be in a big shock to go to Uni here. A fairly good Private school for little kids is more than that here in the USA. Private school for high school is 2- 3 times that a year and a fairly good Uni is 2-5 times that. You don't even want to know what the Ivy League Unis are here in the USA. Oxford is an excellent School too - and that is amazing that is all it costs in England.

One of my best friends kids just started High School which is a private school, not a boarding school and my friend had to pay almost 25,000 dollars for her daughters first year. It is a good private school but far from the best.

My granddaughter just changed Universities as she had a two year scholarship where she was going, but could not afford to pay full tuition there without a scholarship for the next two years, she is studying Nursing, and it is an okay Uni but not a highly accredited one, and it is still costing her almost 30,000 a year. The one she was at and wanted to stay at she could not afford was nearly 50,000 a year.

"Writin_Reg;c-17290697" wrote:
Wow Uni is real cheap in England. You'd be in a big shock to go to Uni here. Private school for little kids is more than that here in the USA. Private school for high school is 3 times that a year and a fairly good Uni is 3-5 times that. You don't even want to know what the Ivy League Unis are here in the USA. Oxford is an excellent School too - and that is amazing that is all it costs in England.

This is ? true.

I think there might be a difference but it's not going to be big.

And also, as much as I'd love some sort of better money management system, I really hope the costs aren't based on inflated US ones along with loans to be paid off after.

"MaggieMarley;c-17290716" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-17290697" wrote:
Wow Uni is real cheap in England. You'd be in a big shock to go to Uni here. A fairly good Private school for little kids is more than that here in the USA. Private school for high school is 3 times that a year and a fairly good Uni is 3-5 times that. You don't even want to know what the Ivy League Unis are here in the USA. Oxford is an excellent School too - and that is amazing that is all it costs in England.

One of my best friends kids just started High School which is a private school, not a boarding school and my friend had to pay almost 35,000 dollars for her daughters first year. It is a good private school but far from the best.

My granddaughter just changed Universities as she had a two year scholarship where she was going, but could not afford to pay full tuition there without a scholarship for the next two years, she is studying Nursing, and it is an okay Uni but not a highly accredited one, and it is still costing her 30,000 a year. The one she was at and wanted to stay at she could not afford was 50,000 a year.

Yeah it is cheaper in the UK but I wouldn’t call it cheap. Most of us students have to get student loans to cover it.

Here you could not even consider going to college now a days without many student loans. It is rather awful that going to college now a days gives young people a life of just paying off their student loans.

My granddaughter was in tears yesterday that she never has time to see any of the family and College just started again a few weeks ago - between going to college and having to work at the Nursing home - she has no time or money to do anything else. She hardly ever sees her mom, her boyfriend, and she has no time to visit me. I am very ill so it upsets her terrible. She the sweetest thing too. Breaks my heart.

It is sad to see so many students with crippling student loans. I am thankful that my state allows students to get an associate degree for free through community colleges as long as long as they keep up their grades. My youngest daughter has been able to take advantage of this program, and, if she stays with her current employer, they will cover the cost of her bachelor's degree. Unfortunately, this program started too late for my oldest who does have student loans and is currently working on her master's. Because she teaches in an area that is economically depressed, she can get some loan forgiveness after three years. That will not cover the entire cost, however. These costs are definitely inflated because I was able to pay my entire tuition at this same university with my summer farm employment plus work/study and have pocket money left over.

I am hopeful that Discover University will not have this high of a tuition! It would be nice to have on campus jobs though, so some students could work while attending school.

The difference in the UK is that it is standardised and subsidised by the government so that there is equal opportunity for both affluent and low-income learners to have access to the same tuition. All also have access to interest-free loans.

Scottish natives do not pay for their tuition at all which explains why so many of my Scottish friends have Masters degrees or PHDs. :lol:

It's then primarily based on academic ability although the other selection criteria based on your worldliness/cultural appreciation I imagine is also a factor with certain high-level universities.

I can imagine that the colleges in the states are a law unto themselves which is why you end up with such high fees. Is there federal control over higher education?

"Ayeffen;c-17291439" wrote:

Scottish natives do not pay for their tuition at all which explains why so many of my Scottish friends have Masters degrees or PHDs. :lol:

Not always, in every case. I had to pay for tuition for my last course as my Husband’s income was too high. There are exceptions.

"raybigbear;d-968008" wrote:
So I was wondering if there are going to be different tuition rates depending on the school like in the Sims 2. Britechester looks like it would be more expensive than Foxbury.

Like in The Sims 2? Please explain as I remember that going to college doesn't cost anything to the household teen leaves.
I do know that in The Sims 3 going to university costs some money depending on how much classes is your sim going to take and how many terms they're going to be in there.

"EgonVM;c-17291506" wrote:

"raybigbear;d-968008" wrote:
So I was wondering if there are going to be different tuition rates depending on the school like in the Sims 2. Britechester looks like it would be more expensive than Foxbury.

Like in The Sims 2? Please explain as I remember that going to college doesn't cost anything to the household teen leaves.
I do know that in The Sims 3 going to university costs some money depending on how much classes is your sim going to take and how many terms they're going to be in there.

O yes your right I was confusing the tuition and the scholarship system in Sims 2.