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SpookTheHamster

SpookTheHamster

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Nov 7, 2004
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We've been having a rather windy day here in the UK, and my girlfriend's uni has had to cancel all lectures until at least monday because the roof is being torn off. Seeing as she spents £3k a year on tuition fees we think that she should get a little of that back due to (at least) 3 cancelled days. I'm not talking much, but something to ease the financial burden of student life would be nice.

What do the super brains of the MR board think? Is it likely? How much should she ask for? Does my bum look big in this?
 
I think you should read the small print. I'd be surprised if you have a leg to stand on, as it were. ;)
 
They shouldn't refund your money...but they should give you three extra days of instruction...maybe take away some of the holidays and part of spring break? :p
 
Well if you look at the number of days there are in a semester and then figure out a percentage demand that percentage back.

eg:

total days: 100
days missed: 3

percentage of days missed: 3%

Fees: £3k
3% of 3k =30
 
Red Velvet vs. Blue Velvet? What's going on?

To be honest, we both think it's doubtful, but every little helps, right?
 
you are so not getting any money back and you gotta be kidding me if you actually think they are going to give you guys something for 3 days. i mean, its funny b/c im in school and always broke but no one is going to take a proposal like this seriously.
 
How about being grateful for the education you're fortunate enough to be in a position to receive? If you don't like paying your tuition -- which funds the university as a whole and not your classes exclusively -- I'm sure your university would be happy to show you the door.

I suppose your tongue is in your cheek, but you've hit my entitlement hot button.
 
thedude110 said:
How about being grateful for the education you're fortunate enough to be in a position to receive? If you don't like paying your tuition -- which funds the university as a whole and not your classes exclusively -- I'm sure your university would be happy to show you the door.

I suppose your tongue is in your cheek, but you've hit my entitlement hot button.
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Surely you're joking? I don't believe that they should be grateful, or that they are fortunate. Living in a country with the worlds forth richest economy, I believe* that it is his right to go to university without having to virtually bankrupt himself to do it, without having the debt hanging around his neck for many years to come, just to give himself a shot at reaching his potential.

This mentality of being shown the door if you don't like paying the tuition will send countries backwards, not forwards.

Do everything to get some money back friend, do everything to claim back something that should be paid for you but isn't because of the hellish government. A government that has seen the gap between the rich and poor widen further than when Dickens wrote about it in Oliver Twist. Take your chance whilst you can.
 
Do the faculty have to forfeit 3% of their salaries for the year?

They're not exactly saving money by canceling classes...in fact, they now have to pay to fix the roof. Refunding 3% of tuition money would wreak havoc on their budget.
 
iKwick7 said:
Not a chance.
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Yep, not a chance!

I can't tell if the OP is joking or not...

But here is the reality. She will receive credit for the class. To do so, she will still need to complete the academic requirements for the class. They may have make up classes or provide for some other method to fulfill the academic requirements. There will be no refund in tuition fees.
 
There used to be a rumor at the University of Michigan that someone had tried such a lawsuit there, and as a result, the standing policy was that classes were never officially cancelled for snow by the University. Probably apocryphal. But it was true that UM didn't close for snow. There were several days when no professors showed up (because they couldn't get their cars to campus), but we did, because we could walk.

I think it's fairly puerile to sue over this, but I guess you weren't the first to think of it.
 
®îçhå®? said:
Huh?? £% 0f 3000 is 90.

And a tree in my garden blew down and 7 other trees onto the same road. Still laughing at the site i saw today. A guys brand new Jag got hit by a tree. Now that is unlucky
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:( forgot to multiply 1% by 3... It was late!
 
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