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192. But many of the international students at our local university are wealthy.

Statistics have been released over time on the populations that attend the school and the amounts of financial aid/scholarships given to the students.

The handful of scholarships given to the international students are all in sports-a few in soccer but the clear majority in track/cross country. The rest come from families that are able to pay the large sums for their tuition-double that of an in-state student. Very few actually hold down jobs on campus, which is the only place they can work without having to apply for a work visa. Many also take regular vacations, not just across the US but overseas during the school year. (I know someone who works on campus where international students are employed. She has stated that it's not uncommon to have a student inform her that they will be traveling overseas for a couple of weeks in the middle of the semester and to also have near constant requests for three day weekends for travel to New York or Chicago.) Very few actually live on campus, instead choosing to live in some of the nicer apartments in town. More than a few also receive new cars as soon as they pass their drivers test.

Many of the same students also major in the fields that are the most expensive majors-actuarial science, CIS and aviation. Aviation is especially popular with our Middle Eastern students on campus and is an expensive major. Not only does it cost more for the classes, the books,and the labs but also flight hours must be paid. None of it is cheap. Our students from India and Pakistan tend to major in CIS and business. Both groups tend to have jobs waiting for them, often here stateside, long before graduation. It's usually because their families are well-to-do and have connections. This is a well-publicized fact around here-no one is keeping this a secret.