While I\u2019ve been lucky enough to have family members that have the means to support me through school, tuition and fee hikes have taken a major toll on my friends. Almost everyone I know is taking a full load of science classes that include lab sessions. They all have to work long hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because we are majoring in hard sciences, textbooks can easily be over a thousand dollars a semester on top of rising tuition costs. We\u2019re expected to either pay now or take out tens of thousands in loans that we can pay if we get jobs after college. This makes it stressful to just be a student because getting a well-paying job is so important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re supposed to be the ones protecting our planet and developing new technologies to fight climate change, but how can we do that if learning how to do that is so difficult? Almost everyone I know talks about how worried they are about their future post-graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m also extremely worried about the SUNY system because I have a younger brother and sister who will both be going to college in a few years. If the economy tanks, and my parents lose their jobs, what are my siblings supposed to do? They haven\u2019t been able to save for themselves because they\u2019ve been brought up thinking that they\u2019ll be okay. But if school keeps getting more expensive, I\u2019m not sure what they\u2019ll be able to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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