Oralhygieneiscool Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 Just so potential applicants are made aware. The tuition and fees for the dental program at the university of Saskatchewan will be increasing by nearly $8,000 beginning in August 2017. Take this into your considerations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1994 Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 24k shouldn't be a reason for someone to not pursue dentistry (especially if UofS is their only option). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oralhygieneiscool Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 That was not the goal of this post, I apologise if that is how it came across. I only meant it for those looking at all the factors as to where they may wish to go. This information was released to the students today at USask so I figured it may be helpful for applying students to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1629fan Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 https://students.usask.ca/documents/tuition-factsheet.pdf This document (page 3) says tuition will be increasing 2% from 32.96k to 33.62k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oralhygieneiscool Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Tuition is increasing 2% but they are also adding a $7,000 program fee. We (as dental students currently attending the U of S) were given the information today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 The $7,000 program fee is in the fine print (point #1) on page 4 This is strange. Seems as though they want the money but still want to be able to say tuition* fees are low *but we have other fees that we keep in the fine print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1629fan Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Tuition is increasing 2% but they are also adding a $7,000 program fee. We (as dental students currently attending the U of S) were given the information today. Thanks for the inside info! The $7,000 program fee is in the fine print (point #1) on page 4 This is strange. Seems as though they want the money but still want to be able to say tuition* fees are low *but we have other fees that we keep in the fine print Guess I should read the fine print from now on lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oralhygieneiscool Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 It is a big jump... And as current students we kind of felt a bit taken advantage of as we don't really have a choice to pay, or were given any opportunity to dispute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 24k shouldn't be a reason for someone to not pursue dentistry (especially if UofS is their only option). True but that doesn't make the continuous increases in tuition a fair move either. We know these increases DO add barriers. Initially people have little idea often of the financial options available and thus simply look that the cost early on and decide that it is simply impossible. You can argue the motivated should not just stop there but I still think it is still would is a lot of cases. If you shrug off a 24K increase then at what point exactly would you start to object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1994 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 True but that doesn't make the continuous increases in tuition a fair move either. We know these increases DO add barriers. Initially people have little idea often of the financial options available and thus simply look that the cost early on and decide that it is simply impossible. You can argue the motivated should not just stop there but I still think it is still would is a lot of cases. If you shrug off a 24K increase then at what point exactly would you start to object? I wasn't implying that the increase in tuition should be an afterthought in the mind of prospective students, but rather simply stating that it shouldn't be a reason for students to not apply (which is what I incorrectly thought the OP was originally suggesting). To address your question I agree that 24k is obviously quite significant and wouldn't blame anyone who objects to the hike (even if the increase was significantly less than 24k). However, what power do we as applicants have, where in many cases people are grateful to get into even just one school and don't have a choice of where to attend? I doubt anyone who is only admitted to only UofS will end up saying "well, tough luck I have to pay an extra 24k. I guess dental school is not for me." edit: to clarify, there is obviously a point at which it becomes unfeasible for applicants. I guess that price point would be when cost of attendance can no longer be realistically covered with LOC, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z3u2 Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Tuition is increasing 2% but they are also adding a $7,000 program fee. We (as dental students currently attending the U of S) were given the information today. I wonder if it's not "tuition", can it be used is tuition deductible when you file your tax in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oralhygieneiscool Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 24k shouldn't be a reason for someone to not pursue dentistry (especially if UofS is their only option). Also, overall it is about a 30-32k increase in total for the program compared to what was paid before this hike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oralhygieneiscool Posted April 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 as i don't believe this information is present anywhere other than the fine print on the fact sheet provided above.. In order to make informed decisions I feel it is important that people are reminded of this as acceptances will be approaching. Good luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFix Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 If I do get into U of T, I am looking at tuition+incidentals close to $50k a year. Applying for a Line of Credit will be my plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 I have to say I do get worried when I see these really high fees etc which of course require for most large LOC amounts. Interest rates aren't going to stay this low forever. Canada isn't in as good a shape as the US which as been somewhat protective for us LOC holders. Still the US rates are on the rise and you would think eventually so would ours (interest rate differentials like that eventually drive currency changes to start with). Not all doom and gloom but something we have to careful with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkn0wnfutur3 Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 I have 10 dollars at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted April 2, 2017 Report Share Posted April 2, 2017 I wasn't implying that the increase in tuition should be an afterthought in the mind of prospective students, but rather simply stating that it shouldn't be a reason for students to not apply (which is what I incorrectly thought the OP was originally suggesting). To address your question I agree that 24k is obviously quite significant and wouldn't blame anyone who objects to the hike (even if the increase was significantly less than 24k). However, what power do we as applicants have, where in many cases people are grateful to get into even just one school and don't have a choice of where to attend? I doubt anyone who is only admitted to only UofS will end up saying "well, tough luck I have to pay an extra 24k. I guess dental school is not for me." edit: to clarify, there is obviously a point at which it becomes unfeasible for applicants. I guess that price point would be when cost of attendance can no longer be realistically covered with LOC, etc. ha, forums are imperfect communication tools - I wasn't implying that you though it was insignificant either. As to what power we have - valid point but somehow other places have kept it lower. Prospective students may not have much power (although if you look back I wouldn't say that is exactly true), but those already and in and beyond do. That is where leadership is supposed to kick in (goes for both meds and dents). Not sure how yet but this is one area I would like to help with in the future. as to the LOC - I agree that the price as it stands right now should not logically be a barrier, but yet I know that it is. It skews who goes to the school, it skews who comes out in the end - and that isn't a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VivaColombia Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 For those that don't know: For OOP students, tuition will be going up at USask from this year onwards.. IP: 34K + 7K (program fee) OOP: 51K + 7K (program fee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saskdent009 Posted February 27, 2019 Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 10:03 AM, VivaColombia said: For those that don't know: For OOP students, tuition will be going up at USask from this year onwards.. IP: 34K + 7K (program fee) OOP: 51K + 7K (program fee) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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