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In semesters where we're only giving PE credit for one quarter and are charging MIT students for admission, we need to have a subscription rate for ex-PE students. In fall 2010 we charged them $6 for the 7 weeks. In spring 2011 we charged $6 for 8 weeks (including spring break). We also offered finanicial aid for that (sponsored by individual club members and not as a general club policy) such that they could instead pay any amount they could afford, down to $0. The financial aid needs to be offered early enough that people hear about it who would otherwise drop-out of the class due to the cost.
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For a time ending Spring 2008 there were two prices for subscriptions -- a small discount for paying on time, and a further discount for paying extra early (the chart lists the lower price). Sara's theory is that the only reason people don't pay early is that we fail to set the prices far enough in advance, and the dual rate meant that the only slightly discounted rate was barely worth it financially which meant fewer people bought subscriptions and gate workers had to do more work, and so she advocated to get rid of it. (The one time she had a non-student class member show up two weeks before the class started because they were unemployed and needed the extra discount.)