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On any United States university campus, the person paying the highest tuition fees is an international student. For BIPOC international students who are often subjected to racism and xenophobia in a foreign country thousands of miles away from home the cost is even higher.
University of Wisconsin junior and psychology major Brian Li is an international student from China. Li said he chose UW for its psychology department, which ranks in the top 20 in the country, according to U.S. News.
During the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, international students paid $19,814.90 in tuition fees, which is the highest amount of tuition any student pays on the UW campus almost four times the tuition for Wisconsin residents and $500.04 higher than the nonresident rate.
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Last spring, the pandemic stole Maddie Harvey s job on campus in the Dean of Students office. She was finishing up her senior year at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and without the income from her job, she wasn t going to have enough money to pay her upcoming tuition bill. It was definitely a very vulnerable situation that I was in, says Harvey, it s not easy to talk about when you re struggling, especially knowing that so many people were struggling at one time.
Through some Internet research, she discovered a tool called SwiftStudent that would help her craft a financial aid appeal letter to her college. In it, Harvey requested money for her studies, and outlined all her expenses. It was nerve-wracking to air her personal financial situation. And the stakes were high: If she didn t receive more money, she was afraid she wouldn t be able to pay her tuition bill. Finally, she heard a response: Her appeal had worked. Her col