[1643] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
[Mit-talk] Re: Mandatory T passes?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Greenwood)
Fri Oct 21 16:45:50 2005
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:30:18 -0700
From: Elizabeth Greenwood <elizabeth.greenwood@gmail.com>
To: Eric Jonas <jonas@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20051021171515.GG4967@convolution.mit.edu>
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I lived on and off campus and I used the T enough in both cases to
make buying the $22/month pass that they currently offer worthwhile.
Actually when I lived off campus I took the T to school a fair amount
in bad weather.
That being said, I don't understand why MIT is subsidizing people who
want to use the T with people who don't -- it's not like health
insurance where there's a certain amount of unknown risk involved.
Most of us can predict how often we'll use the T in a given month and
we know if $10 is worth it or not.
Of course, it could be that the administration is frustrated that kids
don't leave campus (I've heard this sentiment expressed more than
once) and thinks forcing a T-pass on us whether we want it or not will
get us to go do stuff...kind of like "free" gym membership for all...
-Liz
On 10/21/05, Eric Jonas <jonas@mit.edu> wrote:
> > 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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