tuition refund insurance?

QuantMech
Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:20 +0000

I think I might have posted this already, but I think tuition insurance is worth it if there is a likelihood that your son or daughter may have mononucleosis in college.

Both QMP and I had mononucleosis in the spring of freshman year. Both of us stayed in school, although I recall falling asleep at 7 pm a few times that spring. It depends a lot on when in the semester one contracts it, how severe the case is, and how heavy the course schedule is. I recall managing to make special arrangements with the German department to take my final exam early so that I could leave for home. I felt really miserable.

I have certainly heard of students withdrawing for a semester if they have mono. Some universities do not give tuition refunds at all, after a certain point (often early) in the semester has passed. Even if your son or daughter elects to stay in school, it is good to have the finances covered, so that he/she doesn’t feel that it is essential to stay.