What is the meaning of this expression

Hi,

" The institution regards you as home for fees purposes"

Are you sure you have typed this all correctly?

What kind of institution?

Clive

Thank you for the reply.

The expression is taken from an admission form ( Goldsmith Univ. of London) and is reproduced exactly above.

I am a little taken aback by it, it is unlikely that they made a spelling error.

Anonymous" The institution regards you as home for fees purposes"

I take it to mean that the regulations regarding fees consider your legal residence rather than your school residence.

Eg, in the US, most "state universities" have one fee schedule for local residents and another for out-of-state residents.

If you live in Las Veg

Clear as a bell.

Thank you very much, I understood completely the whole explanation.

"But you can't say, "Hey, I'm living in Los Angeles now in the school dorm!" -- and get the "local" rate."

BTW, is this legal?

I honestly don't know if the concept of "legal residence" is controlled by state law or federal law. I suspect it's federal.

It may vary from state to state regarding how that status affects things like motor vehical registration, state welfare, and college tuition.

I believe that in California, you must be a legal resident for two or three years before you're entitled to "resid

Hi

Go here

http://www.gold.ac.uk/student-services/tuition-fees/

and click on

The institution regards you as home for fees purposes.

Hi, Anon.

Clive raises a good point. The school does use "home students" as a collocation referring to EU students.

In the light of this, your original sentence is not exactly clear.

I'm not familiar with the concept of "programmes which are offer

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I placed the entire form on imageshack, hope it does not offend anyone.

I would really want to know the difference between undergraduate and post graduate, if you would be so kind.

Thank you for such a complete series of answers.

Undergraduate (student): A student who is enrolled in university (college), and is taking courses leading to a bachelor's degree.

Post-graduate (student): A student who is enrolled in university (college), and is taking courses leading to a Master's or doctorate degree. He would have had to qualify by already having earned a Bachelor's degree.

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I apologise for writing the above address like that ( spaced) but it seems certain links are not accepted by EF.

And I did that following the request ofAvangi, on the previous page.