When your students test, is there a fee? Does it vary by rank? If you don't mind, how much is it? Is the cost of the belt/stripe included, or do students buy their own? Is there a difference in cost between gup and dan ranks?
I'll start:
I teach at a YMCA, and having nothing to do with how the dues are charged; about half of my students are on YMCA scholarships.
Test fees are in addition to class dues, (gup tests $25 per test; dan tests vary based on rank, and include the cost to bring the testing instructor out - we don't test our own students, other instructors do that - although we ask the testing instructor to hold seminars to help offset the cost, especially traveling expenses).
The belt/stripe is included in the testing fee.
I'll start:
I teach at a YMCA, and having nothing to do with how the dues are charged; about half of my students are on YMCA scholarships.
Test fees are in addition to class dues, (gup tests $25 per test; dan tests vary based on rank, and include the cost to bring the testing instructor out - we don't test our own students, other instructors do that - although we ask the testing instructor to hold seminars to help offset the cost, especially traveling expenses).
The belt/stripe is included in the testing fee.