Tuition will almost certainly increase for incoming California, out-of-state and international students under UC’s five-year plan approved in 2021 allowing one-time hikes for each entering class.

A five-year plan approved by regents in 2021 allows a one-time tuition increase tied to inflation for each class of incoming undergraduates, with no further changes for up to six years to provide a stable source of revenue for campuses and predictable college costs for students.

No fan paying ever-higher ticket prices wants to hear about a five-year plan.

Despite this challenge, Thompson has a five-year plan to multiply its annual output of seats.

"I went on the plane to Turks and Caicos with a five-year plan of my life and knew what my life was going to look like, and left on a medical evacuation plane not sure if I was going to live," the 24-year-old added.