WOE ! 6 million bucks for 3 interviews is insane, not just kidding ! But is the 6m forfeited after the interviews ? Let's have the facts right. First of all, it must be the school you "Liked" your child to get into, so like anything else, there is a price, and in this case, one tries to give his / her child more chances by "Buying 3 interviews" and gladly leave the 6 million bucks with the school with no interest bearing, and hope that one day it worths 10 million. I am a big fan of ISF and so are 99% of the ISF parents. Our children go to school with a big smile in the morning. "You are not going to school tomorrow if you are naughty" is a big threat to our children. Our children go to bed at 8:30 / 9:00p.m. because homework is minimal compare to local school. So, is ISF a perfect school ? Definitely not to a lot of people. But in my case, it is the perfect school for my child - I get comments of "Your child's Chinese composition is better than local kids" - my child is "Western Kid", what more can I ask ? Everyone's value for things are different, I will not travel first class flight but I don't say they are insane, I say good on them ! So yes, with ISF, one does need some cash. And I hope this does not start another round of argument on ISF like what I have seen in other forums.