Originally Posted by
Charlie Foxtrot India
If they offer a discount for up front it usually means they have exhausted all other means of credit.
I'm guessing that the discount some schools offer for upfront payment is from the interest they earn having your money in their bank accounts.
Anyway, as others have said, don't pay upfont ... pay as you go. It will make it easier for you to move to another school if you don't like it there.