To a Northern European, this is all very weird. Especially once you bundle in the sports business.. What I grew up with: - Universities are tax funded - ther

To a Northern European, this is all very weird. Especially once you bundle in the sports business.. What I grew up with: - Universities are tax funded - there's no tuition (there's an option to pay something like $500/year for being a member of the student organization, which gets you meal discounts, social events, etc; strictly not related to your studies) - approval process is a direct function of high school grades and entrance exam, top N pass (exchange students were separate, and closer to scholarships, but still the criteria was scoring well in some test) To someone who grew up in a different setting, many American systems can be summarized as institutionalized corruption.