[1635] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josue F. Martinez)
Fri Oct 21 16:35:16 2005
From: "Josue F. Martinez" <j_m@mit.edu>
To: "Eric Jonas" <jonas@mit.edu>, "TIM@MIT" <supertim@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:33:53 -0400
cc: ec-discuss@mit.edu
cc: mit-talk@mit.edu
Reply-To: "Josue F. Martinez" <j_m@mit.edu>
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$10 is just over an hour of UROP work, so even the laziest UROPer can pay
for this.
josue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Jonas" <jonas@MIT.EDU>
To: "TIM@MIT" <supertim@mit.edu>
Cc: <mit-talk@mit.edu>; <ec-discuss@mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Mandatory T passes?
>> I can see where a few people might get upset about having to pay an
>> extra $10/month, but when you're already paying upwards of $43K...what's
>> another hundred?
>
> There are many undergrads who are receiving private scholarships and
> Federal Financial Aid to cover a large part of that $43k/year; I know as
> an undergrad I had to work almost every term to make ends meet and
> not be too much of a burden on my family. $10 may not be a lot to you,
> but to some MIT students its a decent chunk of money that they'd prefer
> to make a choice about.
>
> ...Eric
>
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