SAT Scores (was: [rescue] re: gps and mac&cheese, et al.)

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 09:57:44AM -0400, s at avoidant.org wrote:
> > UCD, late 80's/early 90's, around $500/quarter for a full (16 unit)
> > courseload if I remember correctly.  Books were a major expense, of
> > course.  I'm 27.

> > A quick check now shows that fees have risen to about $1500/quarter for
> > residents.  That's still a bargain.  Heck, you couldn't find a cardboard
> > box in Berkeley for that price.
> 
> 
> True. $1500 now is probably the equivalent of the $500 you and I paid.

For the past decade, inflation has been about 1.5% (according to
$econ_prof 2 years ago).  $500 1990 money would only be about
$500*(1.015^12)~=$500*1.20~=$600 2002 money.

But heck, even $1500 is darn cheap.  I pay $2500 a semester, and they
have been talking about raising that to $3500 a semester.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd