I am the mother of Tate Chu, a first year graduate student at MSM. I am in full agreement with this petition.
A
Anonymous
6 years ago
Featured
As much as I love this school and fully understand the gravity of this situation, I didn’t pay for FaceTime classes. There’s no way we can get the same education via online learning. We are a performing arts school.
A
Anthony Smith
6 years ago
We should be getting the refund! Most of the students aren’t living on campus and not returning whatsoever.
B
Buck Alison
6 years ago
Students loose, parents loose, = you loose
G
Gavin B Mercury
6 years ago
Partial refund is fair.
V
Victor Jaquez
6 years ago
I don't even go here, but give those kids their money back
J
Jose Velazquez
6 years ago
This should definitely be taken into consideration. I’m on board
A
Ann Marie Bjerke
6 years ago
I stand with my colleagues. This semester will not be the same, and the education we have invested in has been greatly compromised. Partial reimbursement of our tuition is justified and ethical course of action.
S
Sungah Baek
6 years ago
Please refund my tuition.
L
Lizzy Ossevoort
6 years ago
COME ON NOW!
M
Miriam Crellin
6 years ago
I completely support this. While I fully appreciate MSM staff and faculty's efforts in transferring to online classes, and I think they've done the best they can with the limitations we have, this is not the experience our fees are meant to be affording us. Many students and their families will take a big financial hit during this time as it is, possibly even rendering them unable to cover future fees. As we don't expect under these circumstances to receive the full quality of education we would otherwise be given, nor should we be expected to bear the entire financial burden of this event.
M
Matthew Malanowski
6 years ago
This needs to be taken into consideration
C
Cha
6 years ago
Agree
A
Anonymous
6 years ago
Featured
During this touch period, we even can not practice, can not access to a piano ,can not rehearse. We are conservatory, everything need to happen with rehearsing or practicing, we spent lots of money here. And also some faculties even don’t know how to do online lesson.....anyway, everything should be worth it...obviously currently nope...
J
Jimin Park
6 years ago
Support
B
Bijan Taghavi
6 years ago
When the coronavirus plagued the economy, I was very moved with how everybody has been helping their communities ease financial stress. Then I was reminded of the one place that was notoriously unforgiving an inconsiderate, MSM. One of the main reasons why my time at MSM was rewarding was because of the ability to be in NYC: to study with various people in NYC, to go see and hear the legends play nightly at the prestigious venues in NYC, to play at the prestigious venues in NYC, to play with my fellow peers at MSM outside of class, and to grow as a person and experience life in NYC. Obviously, none of that is possible when you are back home in Kentucky for instance taking online classes at MSM. Not to mention that not all music classes can be taught online — at Michigan State University, I’ve been able to transfer the classes I teach to an online setting pretty effectively, but other music classes by nature (particularly small and large ensembles) simply cannot be conducted online. To have to ask for a refund is almost offensive because it is such as obvious concept — yes, this hurts everybody. But big institutions like MSM can weather the storm a lot easier than an economically vulnerable student musician, in their late teens, scraping by trying to pay for living expenses in NYC and these absurd tuition costs.
A
Anonymous
6 years ago
For other degrees, online learning is possible. Annoying, but possible. Not for a performance based school. We’re not even getting CLOSE to what we signed up for.
Y
Yu Ding
6 years ago
Support!!!!!!!!!!!!
A
Anonymous
6 years ago
We know it's a difficult time for everyone right now, but especially for those students who aren't as fortunate to be with their families due to safety and financial reasons, it's so important that for what they're paying they get their money's worth! MSM is a great school, but many of their classes have been cancelled, and practical lessons (ie instrumental or voice) are just not up to par with in person lessons. This is nobody's fault. But charging the full tuition fee for NOT full tuition is unreasonable! Thanks to everyone for their hard work.
I'm not sure we're asking for enough
I am the mother of Tate Chu, a first year graduate student at MSM. I am in full agreement with this petition.
As much as I love this school and fully understand the gravity of this situation, I didn’t pay for FaceTime classes. There’s no way we can get the same education via online learning. We are a performing arts school.
We should be getting the refund! Most of the students aren’t living on campus and not returning whatsoever.
Students loose, parents loose, = you loose
Partial refund is fair.
I don't even go here, but give those kids their money back
This should definitely be taken into consideration. I’m on board
I stand with my colleagues. This semester will not be the same, and the education we have invested in has been greatly compromised. Partial reimbursement of our tuition is justified and ethical course of action.
Please refund my tuition.
COME ON NOW!
I completely support this. While I fully appreciate MSM staff and faculty's efforts in transferring to online classes, and I think they've done the best they can with the limitations we have, this is not the experience our fees are meant to be affording us. Many students and their families will take a big financial hit during this time as it is, possibly even rendering them unable to cover future fees. As we don't expect under these circumstances to receive the full quality of education we would otherwise be given, nor should we be expected to bear the entire financial burden of this event.
This needs to be taken into consideration
Agree
During this touch period, we even can not practice, can not access to a piano ,can not rehearse. We are conservatory, everything need to happen with rehearsing or practicing, we spent lots of money here. And also some faculties even don’t know how to do online lesson.....anyway, everything should be worth it...obviously currently nope...
Support
When the coronavirus plagued the economy, I was very moved with how everybody has been helping their communities ease financial stress. Then I was reminded of the one place that was notoriously unforgiving an inconsiderate, MSM. One of the main reasons why my time at MSM was rewarding was because of the ability to be in NYC: to study with various people in NYC, to go see and hear the legends play nightly at the prestigious venues in NYC, to play at the prestigious venues in NYC, to play with my fellow peers at MSM outside of class, and to grow as a person and experience life in NYC. Obviously, none of that is possible when you are back home in Kentucky for instance taking online classes at MSM. Not to mention that not all music classes can be taught online — at Michigan State University, I’ve been able to transfer the classes I teach to an online setting pretty effectively, but other music classes by nature (particularly small and large ensembles) simply cannot be conducted online. To have to ask for a refund is almost offensive because it is such as obvious concept — yes, this hurts everybody. But big institutions like MSM can weather the storm a lot easier than an economically vulnerable student musician, in their late teens, scraping by trying to pay for living expenses in NYC and these absurd tuition costs.
For other degrees, online learning is possible. Annoying, but possible. Not for a performance based school. We’re not even getting CLOSE to what we signed up for.
Support!!!!!!!!!!!!
We know it's a difficult time for everyone right now, but especially for those students who aren't as fortunate to be with their families due to safety and financial reasons, it's so important that for what they're paying they get their money's worth! MSM is a great school, but many of their classes have been cancelled, and practical lessons (ie instrumental or voice) are just not up to par with in person lessons. This is nobody's fault. But charging the full tuition fee for NOT full tuition is unreasonable! Thanks to everyone for their hard work.