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[quote=Anonymous]Seconding others who have said that schools really vary on this point. If it matters to you, find out more about it because it can really make a difference in the experience of being a student if you're not scrambling to pay for the "extras." At one extreme, I was so impressed with Grinnell, where there are basically no hidden costs for anything. No fees to attend events on campus of any kind. No fees for travel associated with a class (whether a student receives financial aid or not). No extra costs for a semester or year abroad, and they make sure ahead of time that your credits will transfer so you're not doing an extra year to graduate. They will even fund an unpaid summer internship if the student applies for the money and makes a case for doing it. That's the most generous school I encountered, but others may come close, or may not talk about it as much.[/quote]
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