kunming college of chinese studies or kunming college elc?

[terryswift]

i'm confused; are kunming college of chinese studies and kunming college of eastern language and culture the same entity, or are they seperate schools. i have the admission notice from kcelc but the address looks the same as the km college of chinese studies. anyone know is this the same place?

[mr. fanglang]

the 2 websites also have identical pictures, and the names of the schools in chinese are exactly the same. so , yes, its the same school.

[mr.stinky]

is the elcec site out of date? replaced by sinostudy? there are

different tuition rates between the two sites, as well as different

rates on the elcec site under tuition and under fees.

seems that sinostudy is the more recent. cost is actually greater

than the regular universities. and their new school in dali

(Dali College of Chinese Studies) is ~ $10k tuition (with accoms).

looks like they are opening a new school in lijiang next spring.

[mrterrell]

Could this be because Sinostudy reached their government "admissions quota", and as that entity could no longer accept new students, so therefore created the ELCEC as a way to get around the quota?

[terryswift]

sinostudy is a private agent that collects a commission when they send a student to kunming college of eastern languages, or whatever the official school name is. they collect that commission from the student, hence the higher cost if you go through them (so apply directly to the school and save money). i also recently heard that another language school will open in downtown km with small classes and even chearper tuition. i'll post their website when it becomes available.