Enrollment Fee

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<p>Son has been accepted to a couple of other colleges that have enrollment fees. </p>

<p>One is fully refundable by May 1st, which is great, because we won’t hear from a lot of schools until about then.</p>

<p>Another has an enrollment fee that is not refundable. Have to get more info on that one before committing a couple of hundred at this point. </p>

<p>However, we did not receive any paperwork from Bama about an enrollment fee.</p>

<p>Is there one, and we just didn’t get that mail yet?</p>

<p>Want to make sure we reserve son’s spot and get him housing as soon as possible.</p>

<p>Thanks for any info.</p>

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<p>here’s copy of email we received about a week after admission notice (have also received on about immunizations since then)</p>

<p>Congratulations once again on your admission to The University of Alabama! To assist you with the next steps in the enrollment process, please note the following:

  1. Submit your Freshman Enrollment deposit of $200 (fall tuition prepayment) at myBama.ua.edu (requires login using your myBama account) prior to applying for housing or registering for orientation. Payment of the enrollment deposit will be accepted online beginning September 1, 2009, and the deadline for the submission of the enrollment deposit is May 1, 2010.
    Once logged in to the myBama website, click the “Academic” tab
    Within the Admissions box (on the left side of the page) locate “Admitted Undergraduate Students”, click “Submit Freshman Enrollment Deposit”
    On the Freshman Enrollment Deposit Payment Page, click “Submit Deposit,” select payment method, click “Continue”
    Enter required payment information, click “Continue”
    Verify payment information, click “Continue”
    Receipt of payment will be emailed to the email address that you provided. You may also print confirmation of this payment.
  2. Complete the Housing and Residential Communities application (available beginning October 1, 2009) at housing.ua.edu and submit your $250 housing application fee and prepayment. </p>

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<li>Students are required to attend a Bama Bound orientation session. Registration for orientation begins in February. Information about orientation will be mailed in January 2010.
If you have any questions, please contact us via email at <a href=“mailto:admissions@ua.edu”>admissions@ua.edu</a> or by phone at (800) 933-BAMA.</li>
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<p>If your child is NMF, you still have to make the deposits.</p>

<p>However, no big deal; you either get a refund later, or the amount goes towards whatever you owe for meal plan.</p>

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<p>Any information about the deposit being refundable (or not) if you decide not to attend?</p>

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<p>I don’t know if deposits are refundable or not. Does the website say?</p>

<p>However…</p>

<p>I know that it says you have to pay deposit by May 1st. But, if memory serves (maybe I’m wrong), you have to have your deposit paid earlier if you want to have priority for dorm choice and for Bama Bound choice.</p>

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<p>What is Bama bound?</p>

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<p>^^^^i think it is the mandatory orientation session.</p>

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<p>Alabama’s enrollment in non-refundable. We are also waiting to hear about scholarships from the other colleges to which DS has been accepted.</p>

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<p>Here it is from the web site.</p>

<p>[Freshman</a> Enrollment Deposit - Undergraduate Admissions - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://gobama.ua.edu/deposit/]Freshman”>Freshman Deposit – Admissions)</p>

<p>Freshman Enrollment Deposit</p>

<p>Upon admission to UA, all entering freshmen are required to submit a $200 nonrefundable Freshman Enrollment Deposit (Fall tuition prepayment). Here are a few things to remember about the enrollment deposit and how it fits into the Admissions process:</p>

<pre><code>* The Freshman Enrollment Deposit must be paid before applying for housing or registering for orientation.

  • The deadline for payment of the Freshman Enrollment Deposit is May 1, 2010.
  • Further instructions will be sent via myBama email to students who are admitted to UA.
  • Step-by-step instructions for paying the Freshman Enrollment Deposit.
    </code></pre>
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<p>Bama Bound is a 2 day orientation. You choose which Bama Bound session you want to go to. They start in May, the last session is shortly before school starts to accomodate kids who are coming from far away, and who couldn’t come to an earlier session.</p>

<p>The honors Bama Bound sessions are usually in May and June. The other Bama Bound sessions are in June, July, and August. We liked attending an Honors session, so that our kids would meet other honors kids… :slight_smile: For honors kids who are coming from OOS, I think that (if you can), your child should try to attend an honors session. </p>

<p>There is a cost for Bama Bound. That cost includes the one night in the honors dorm. It also includes placement testing for math, English, and/or Foreign languages. If your child scored over a certain ACT in English or Math, then you don’t have to take the English or Math placement tests.</p>

<p>The cost also includes various materials, lanyard, tote for stuff, don’t remember what else.</p>

<p>Parents are welcome/encouraged to come, too. There is a smaller charge for parents. Parents can either pay to be in a dorm or pay at a hotel (the Five Points Sheraton Capstone, which is on the campus, is very nice.) I don’t think both parents need to go, although both parents often do go. Usually one is plenty. </p>

<p>Bama Bound is a good experience. A mixture of info and fun. Sometimes your kid will be with you and sometimes not. There usually is a pool party for the kids at night. The parents are in the bar at the Sheraton at night…LOL</p>

<p>For an extra $25, a kid can stay 2 nights (my kids did this so that they could get there the night before and not be rushed in the morning.)</p>

<p>Parents can be good ice-breakers at such events. During the times that parents are with their students, it’s often the parents that strike up conversations, and the kids end up meeting, too. For a shy kid this can be great. Of course, the kids also meet new friends during the “student only” events, in their dorm suite assignment, and the pool party.</p>

<p>I don’t remember if meals are included. But, the parents have a nice luncheon, and I know that was free.</p>

<p>This is also the time that future students register for classes… Students register for classes on Day 2 of Bama Bound… Before Day 2 of each student’s Bama Bound, there is a hold that prevents them from registering before that day. I think the hold is lifted sometime in the morning of Day 2.</p>

<p>Alabama carefully holds back spaces in the various freshmen classes and releases some for each Bama Bound orientation, so that there are class spaces available for kids who go to later Bama Bounds. </p>

<p>…but here’s a hint…
Parents are usually not permitted to go with their students during registering time. But…
If your child figures out his schedule before going to Bama Bound (with a few 2nd choice options), and writes down the CRN numbers, then when it’s time to register it can be done rather quickly. He just inputs the CRNs and presses enter. The other kids will be trying to put together a schedule and getting mixed up, but your child will be done. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Another hint…Unless your child is a NATURAL early riser (with bushy tail!!! LOL), don’t have him sign up for 8:00am classes. I know that they just were in high school and may have had earlier classes or practices. But, that doesn’t matter…college is different…</p>

<p>Most new freshmen are notorious for staying up late when they first go away to school. Maybe it’s the newness, the excitement, or the distraction of living with new friends, but most stay up too late to be wide awake by 7 am to make it to a 8 am class. It can just be too tempting to skip an 8am class if the kid is too tired. Generally, a kid can get up in time for a 9:00 or 9:30 class … LOL … This problem usually goes away by sophomore or junior year. But, to be honest, my junior still has never taken an 8 am class and probably never will… :slight_smile: But, seriously, a student can get off on the wrong foot, if he might have trouble getting himself up for 8am classes. :(</p>

<p>Another hint…A student should check mybama the night before registering to make sure his choices are still available and make any changes on his list at that point. But, again, always have some alternative choices.</p>

<p>Notes about Freshmen registration for classes …</p>

<p>A student has to have a couple of options in case some desired class fills up before he can register. </p>

<p>Once a student attends Bama Bound and has his schedule, he can change it as many times as he wants before classes start. So, even if a class is filled during your Bama Bound, wait until the 2nd day of other Bama Bounds, and check again. More freshmen class spaces will likely open. </p>

<p>For a first semester freshmen, it may be harder to snag a 200 level course because upper classmen have already registered. My DS1 wasn’t able to get into a desired 200 level honors class (Arts and Parody) until his second year. The class is super popular. So is the Arts in Tuscaloosa class. </p>

<p>However…if you want a particular class and it’s filled, check back often, especially late at night or early morning. Students are changing their schedules constantly. If one spot opens, snag it quickly!!</p>

<p>Also, if a class is filled that you really want/need, you can email the prof and ask for an override. You give your CWID number and the course name/time and CRN number. Often, the prof will give you one unless there is a set number of seats (like 40 seat auditorium). </p>

<p>Sometimes you can put yourself on the online waiting list, but I don’t know the process for that. Anyone know??? If so, please describe in a post. Thanks.</p>

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<p>As previously stated, the freshman enrollment deposit of $200 is nonrefundable. The housing deposit is $250, of which $225 is refundable (the remainder is an application fee) until a certain date [Housing</a> & Residential Communities - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://housing.ua.edu/generalfaq.cfm]Housing”>http://housing.ua.edu/generalfaq.cfm) has more details about this.</p>

<p>Bama Bound is our mandatory freshman orientation program. Mom2collegekids described it perfectly, though parents are free to choose any hotel to stay at. The parent and the child will both have an excellent time. For those in honors, I highly recommend the honors orientation session (it’s usually the first 2 day session).</p>

<p>When checking out classes on mybama, note that the university closes courses before the first orientation session and then reopens them. Get a few ideas of desired classes because it makes the short advising session so much easier. Course changes are allowed any time after you register until school starts, so no need to go to a Bama Bound session after AP scores are out unless the earlier dates did not work for you. As for course waiting lists, there is a button for that on mybama, though not all courses have waiting lists. Be diligent in checking for courses as they do open up (online courses usually become open to on-campus students in late July). I was changing courses up to the beginning of August to get a perfect schedule. Check the final exam schedules for winter break planning. As for 8am classes, realize that college students are often night owls and 8am is early for them. However, do be careful with evening classes (between 5pm and 9pm) if the student wants to become involved with campus organizations, as meetings/events are often held during those times (I made this mistake).</p>

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<p>Bama Bound is what our local rep explained to me without calling it that. I was concerned about the cost of coming down from so far away and she assured me that one is held right before school starts just for those in our situation. I thought that the fact that the hold a certain amoun of spots back for each session was fantastic. OK, I’m talking like my dd is in and the application is only going out tomorrow!</p>

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<p>This is true! :)</p>

<p>Thankfully, Alabama seems to have changed its policy at some point. When DS1 went to Bama Bound in 2007, they wouldn’t let him sign up for the right Calculus class until his AP scores came in. </p>

<p>BUT…when DS2 went to Bama Bound this last summer, the rule had changed. They let him sign up for the right Calculus class even tho his AP Cal score had not come in yet. They just told him that if his score wasn’t high enough, he’d have to move down. Thankfully, he got a 5.</p>

<p>Another point, Alabama now has 2 honors Bama Bound sessions. Probably because there are more honors kids now. I think the second one is “shared” with another group (maybe the Blount kids).</p>

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<p>Glad to hear that your DD is applying! Let us know when she’s accepted. :)</p>

<p>Are you doing the online app or the mail in app? Will she be applying for any scholarships or for any honors programs? :)</p>

<p>Can I ask where you’re from? </p>

<p>:)</p>

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<p>As far as the enrollment deposit and honors housing deadlines, I believe I saw a deadline of March 1 for Honors or Learning Communities (the rest have a April 1st deadline.)</p>

<p>Given the reported issue with availability of housing, if we wait until March 1 to enroll and pay the deposit, is there enough Honors housing that DS will still get a place? I understand that he may be among the last to choose which specific honors dorm, but is there sufficient honors housing to accomodate all incoming honors freshmen?</p>

<p>Same issue as (I’m sure) many out there, scholarship and special admissions come in late for a few of DSs options. After all is said and done we assume he’ll choose UA, but hard to say what alternatives may come up. I understand that May 1 is the real deadline, but it looks like at most places if you wait until then you have housing issues, so that’s not really a viable option.</p>

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<p>The rule about honors housing is this…</p>

<p>For a kid to be in honors housing, he MUST start in honors housing. He can’t live in non-honors and then later move to honors. That’s a strict rule.</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, incoming freshmen select their housing by priority determined by when enrollment deposits are made. So, if you make your deposit early, you get an earlier time to select housing. </p>

<p>I think he paid DS2’s deposit in January, and we still didn’t get the first priority time to reserve.</p>

<p>I would NOT wait until the last month to make deposits. I wouldn’t want to risk not getting into honors housing. UA guarantees housing (of some type) for all freshmen, it doesn’t guarantee honors housing. And, like I said, if you don’t start in honors housing, you never get to get in later.</p>

<p>Tip!!!..check out the floorplans when you select housing…In some dorms it’s best to select “room D” because it’s the furthest away from the living room. However in Ridgecrest South (and maybe others), the floorplan is different and there are 2 rooms that are further away from the living room.</p>

<p>For honors housing, you choose your actual bedroom at the time of dorm selection (therefore, room assignment is not based on who arrives first on move in day…LOL) </p>

<p>This is really true for most colleges. If you want housing (or if you want specific housing), you need to make deposits early.</p>

<p>AL34…what scholarship and special admissions is your son waiting for?</p>

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<p>About housing: The earlier you pay a deposit, the earlier you get to choose your housing. My son was not sold on UA at first (he had other applications out there), but he had us pay the deposit in late January. The honors kids have three specific dates in March to use for housing selection. There should be enough housing for all honors kids. In fact, this year, the honors housing was not filled, so it was opened to non-honors kids. One of my son’s roommates is non-honors, but is looking to get into the program after the first semester. </p>

<p>About Bama Bound: While it’s nice to go to the honors sessions, it may not be doable if you live in an area of the country where school does not end until mid to late June. Also, the first honors session is at the end of AP exams. We went in late June, and fortunately, we got to meet with my son’s major adviser. He questioned some of my son’s course choices. My son informed him that he was told that certain classes were closed. Well, the professor made one call, and all of a sudden, a spot was created. </p>

<p>On 200 and 300 level classes: Depending on a student’s major, a student can take one or more his/her fall semester. My son is taking one this fall. He has two 300 level classes this spring, along with a 200 level class. That’s why it pays to ask an adviser to see if something can be done to open a spot.</p>

<p>On placement tests: My son did not take the ones for math or English, because he met the qualifying scores. But, the second day was the foreign language. He did fine on the placement, but a lot of kids do not because it’s an 8 a.m. test. A lot of kids went out the night before, and they probably were not functioning well at that hour. Just wanted to offer a heads up.</p>

<p>On AP/dual enrollment credits: Officially, UA gives 45 credits. But if a student has more than that 45, they can be counted toward class standard. That is huge for the spring semester when students register based on the number of credit hours they have. Thought I would mention this, because UA does reward students for the time they spent earning those nice AP scores.</p>

<p>Hope that is of some assistance.</p>

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<p>^^ other program(s) from other colleges (nothing inside UA), the main one only accepts 30 students and is a long process… even at that I think he will choose UA. </p>

<p>The only remaining issue is that out of all of his options, UA is the only one that does not have his main extracurricular. It’s not something that can be set up without substantial investment so not really something that can be student-led as far as starting it up. Trying to work that out in both our minds, this incredible academic opportunity might require him to give up the only high school activity he wanted to continue… oh well - everyone has their decisions to make!</p>

<p>Thanks again for ALL your info on UA!</p>

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<p>The 45 credit limit is only for credit by examination (page 13 of the 08-10 catalog). Dual enrollment credits are not subject to the 45 credit requirement. The limit on them is based on the level of the institution that originally gave the requirement (2 or 4 year school). 2 year institutions have a 60 credit hour requirement (page 17 or [Transfer</a> Credit Policy - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://registrar.ua.edu/transfer_policy.html]Transfer”>http://registrar.ua.edu/transfer_policy.html) ) and apparently count towards an earlier registration time, while AP credits do not. I was not aware of the over 45-credit rule for AP credits you mentioned. As for 4 year institutions, the limit is how many the college will allow based on how many credits one has to earn at UA. </p>

<p>While the transferability of classes is at the discretion of the individual college, UA is really good about transferring credit, including dual enrollment and other college classes taken in high school. I came in with junior status (61+ credits) due to AP, CLEP, and dual enrollment credit.</p>

<p>Before Bama Bound, the student should have the opportunity to test out of CS 102 (computer skills), it is a prerequisite for some degrees.</p>

<p>AL34, I am amazed that Bama does not have your son’s extracurricular. Maybe it’s just listed under a different name?</p>

<p>Momreads, I’m pretty sure I know who your son is. One thing I’ve learned about UA is that it often takes just a simple request to get into a desired class or program. Like the merit scholarships and UHP/IHP admission, many things are automatic if you just apply for them.</p>

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<p>^ DS actually already spoke to the college directly about it, he plays in a Steel Band, they have a program at UAB, are thinking of starting one at UAH, but none at UA :frowning: It really is the coolest thing!</p>

<p>More and more schools have it, becoming quite popular but, as I said earlier, is fairly expensive to set up… can’t expect everyone to own their own pans. We’re really hoping to be so blown away at our upcoming visit that it becomes less of a concern - also hoping perhaps there is an independent Steel Band in Tuscaloosa.</p>