In response to Angel’s blog on international student tuition increase in UBC for the incoming class of 2014, I, as an international student, felt that the 10% tuition increase is too overpriced, considering that the current tuition is already $28,000. It is certain that the tuition increase will raise UBC’s recognition and reputation to follow up with other major universities in Canada, such as McGill and University of Toronto; however, will the international students stay calm about this matter? and would the number of international students fluctuate after the increase? The answer isn’t that simple. Here are the pros and cons of tuition increase.

Pros:

-University of British Columbia will likely get reputation which might attract more students

-the current students that attend UBC will probably still go to UBC even after the increase

-will be able to improve the studying environment with the extra money

Cons:

-there are protests as international students are unhappy

-will impact the number of students in incoming class of 2015

In my opinion, if this tuition increase does not affect the number of international students from attending University of British Columbia, UBC will try to raise the tuition again until the it will have impact on the number of international students.