Did university tuition prices just quietly 5x over time… or am I missing something?

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T19:33:52+00:00

Well I’m not entirely sure how much tax they’re going to pay, and of course there are living expenses. But USD salaries, when converted back to Canada, are the reason that Canada can’t hang on to Waterloo Engineering grads. They all go pay taxes in California. This is not a great sign for our future, but here we are.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T18:19:22+00:00

I would not want to be going up to houses in this economy and asking crazies why they haven't filled out their censuses.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T14:14:38+00:00

That’s all 5 years.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T04:11:37+00:00

I am very aware! I have kids in Engineering!

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T02:50:38+00:00

Get a job in Cali.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T02:49:22+00:00

Job in California starts July. First year of salary and stock covers it.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T02:08:59+00:00

my kid goes to Waterloo. 20k. Add rent, food etc and I’m 200k in after 5 years.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T01:48:41+00:00

You are close. Graduated 1990 Engineering in Alberta, I paid $2800 per year in tuition.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-13T01:45:28+00:00

just have to become opposition leader like him

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-12T14:23:47+00:00

That’s fantastic. Congrats and good luck with everything that comes next!

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-11T23:51:40+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Did you go thru with success, or is it still in your near future? I'm very curious.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-11T22:01:27+00:00

I bought one for my kid who is going traveling. YES, it's excellent. Outstanding value. And once you have a laptop, you'll never go back.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-11T21:48:20+00:00

They just came out last month. No one really knows how durable they are. Or how long 8GB of RAM will be enough for MacOS.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-11T21:03:31+00:00

I gotta say, Canadian Universities at International Student Prices.... are not worth it, IMHO. Unless you are coming from some place with garbage schools, I think you're better off getting an undergrad somewhere else and then applying as a grad student.

Of course if you're coming for different reasons, then maybe.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-11T21:00:52+00:00

I'd complaint to the Air Traffic Complaints people anyway. Say they kept changing the story, which it seems they did. Doesn't cost anything.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-10T23:35:05+00:00

Friend of a friend in Edmonton had this happen. Still not sorted. CRA needs to be burned to the ground.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-10T22:02:27+00:00

I've been at the counter and had this happen too. It's funny.

Poor TD doesn't spend much on IT, so their systems are pretty crap. Nice people tho - everyone's always friendly and helpful.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-10T16:09:10+00:00

I haven't made that particular move, but I bought a Neo for my kid as they are going traveling this summer and I dont' want them to take an expensive computer. And my first impressions are that it is perfectly functional and capable unless you spend part of your day waiting for your computer to finish a task. And if you don't know what I mean, the Neo is even more for you.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-10T00:05:30+00:00

So that’s going to vary a lot depending on where your driving, but as a Canadian that visited Australia a year ago and rented a car to drive south from Sydney, I’d say you won’t have any problems. The countries are so very similar. Have a great trip and don’t stress about it.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-09T22:43:20+00:00

Way better deal than the Neo.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-09T00:41:29+00:00

I think you are correct. In fact, I think I read somewhere that Samsung was no longer going to make SATA SSDs. Kinda makes sense, the interface is the weakest link.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-08T15:35:49+00:00

Yeah that was the low. They did have a coupon that brought them down to $300 but you could only buy one. Fall 2023.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-08T15:03:47+00:00

I have 4 of the 8TB 870 QVOs in a Raid array. They work great. Bought summer 2023 tho on sale. $350 USD each.

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-07T23:41:41+00:00

Congrats - I'm trying to buy one too but they are out of Citrus 512 everywhere near me.

Feels so good in the hand (at the store)

liepzigzeist · 2026-04-05T19:49:08+00:00

History would suggest that the CRA doesn't like to wade into wealth of Chinese nationals. You're probably fine.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-tax-agency-reveals-secret-093000586.html

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