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marite · 08-13-2007, 01:56 PM

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But isn't it strange that Columbia would be so inflexible? It isn't as if Oxford was some unknown university. My S looked into study abroad program. He was a bit late looking at study abroad program, so he could not get into the one available through Butler. But his college also allowed students to attend the same university without going through Butler. The main difference was that S would have to find housing on his own. There was absolutely no difference in terms of academics--and to address Xiggi's point, we had to pay the high cost of tuition at his LAC despite the fact that the foreign university's own tuition was much lower.
I suspect that Columbia's reason were financial rather than academic and considering the recent financial aid scandal, I'm not surprised.

08-13-2007, 01:56 PM	#7
marite Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Threads: 153 Posts: 10,362	SES: But isn't it strange that Columbia would be so inflexible? It isn't as if Oxford was some unknown university. My S looked into study abroad program. He was a bit late looking at study abroad program, so he could not get into the one available through Butler. But his college also allowed students to attend the same university without going through Butler. The main difference was that S would have to find housing on his own. There was absolutely no difference in terms of academics--and to address Xiggi's point, we had to pay the high cost of tuition at his LAC despite the fact that the foreign university's own tuition was much lower. I suspect that Columbia's reason were financial rather than academic and considering the recent financial aid scandal, I'm not surprised.