HALIFAX, NS — Most Dalhousie students were left frustrated after drastic increases in international tuition were recently announced by Dalhousie administration. However, some students welcome the hikes. “I love it. This was exactly the change needed to motivate students to work harder. The day they announced it, I had an assignment to write three hundred words on the difference between revenue and profit, and I got it done in just over three hours. The feeling of the bar being raised is exhilarating,” said Joshua Holmes, a third year commerce student.
His classmate Andrew Aaronson agreed, with a caveat. “This is a great first step, but I’m a Canadian student, and the tuition increases for us are far less significant. I hope they raise it higher, so I’ll be inspired to grind even more,” he said, going on to describe other attitudes toward the change. “People keep complaining about it. This one girl I was talking to said that her scholarship only covers fifty percent of her tuition, and I was just baffled.” Aaronson fiddled with the collar of his blazer. “I told her I would rather give a scholarship to my worst enemy than receive one myself — I don’t need a handout! She ghosted me after that, I really don’t understand why.”
The Rowe School of Business was pleased with the warm reception to tuition increases, stating that this was far from their intended purpose, but glad their students are able to make the most of the situation.
Article by Grace Brown