HALIFAX -- Students at Dalhousie University in Halifax say they're fed-up and frustrated as the university looks at increasing tuition for the next academic year. "It just puts more stress on what has already been a really stressful year," says student Maryanne McLarty. A three per cent tuition hike was recommended by the university's budget advisory committee. The draft plan says the increase will help support students, faculty and staff as they continue to navigate the pandemic, but some students say they don't feel supported at all. "There are years in university where there's a fundamental time when you get the experience you need to do other things," says student Carleigh MacKenzie. "This was supposed to be my fundamental time, to get that experience, to learn these things and that's not how it's been."