I, and my teachers at school, thought I was perfectly capable of going into study medicine. I turns out that halfway through second year I suffered very badly from stress and failed my exams, being hospitalised for on set of them because the problem was so bad. I decided that, now that I knew I had this problem, I could redo the year and have a proper shot at the exams (was in hospital for first exams and let out not long before the resits). I studied hard but the problem never went away and I ended up dropping out of uni due to health reasons. Should I have to pay for my fees when I (technically) should've been capable of the degree and did not know that I wouldn't be able to finish it? If you don't think I should pay back my fees then there will be a cutoff for different people eg. someone suffering from a chronic disease... they knew they had it before, should they have to pay their fees back if they can't complete the course, what about people with the 'flu? I studied medicine so have no chance of taking a year out and starting the year again, if I wan't to do it again I have to start from the start. Would that be irresponsible on my part concidering my past, but then the possible benefits due to doctors fees (tax) and lack of doctors in the NHS could far outweigh the cost of training me.