Money Grows On Trees

Or at least that's what some of the schools here think. Was looking at the preschool options and this is the one from the home country. Here's a snapshot of the application fees. Bear in mind that this is just to apply to the school with no guarantee of admission:

That's a $280 application fee... crazy! I wouldn't mind if it were a refundable fee but to spend $280 or $560, in my case, is nuts. In contrast, the local "international" school near my place had an application fee of $8.

Makes you wonder what sort of administrative process they have that justifies such high fees. But i suppose there'll be at least 20 parents willing to fork out the dough.