Who paid my tuition? →
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From the New York Times:
This is the University of Washington’s new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from Washington State. And that, according to the dean of admissions, is how low-income Washingtonians — more than a quarter of the class — get a free ride.
I did not get a free ride. I had to ride my bicycle to the University of Washington. It had three gears, none of them well suited for the hills of Seattle. My bike lacked fenders, so when it rained—as it does often in Seattle—I would show up to class soaking wet. Then I had to pay the price of a new bicycle for a textbook. I did not get a free ride. I got a ride on a bicycle.
“When I saw all the stories about U.W. taking more international students, I thought, ‘Damn, I’m a minority now for being in-state.’ ”
The future is yours. I have my lousy bicycle.
