<p>Okay, so I'm thinking I might have royally screwed myself. I was admitted to Gallatin by Early Decision, and palmed it off to my mom to pay for the deposit. Only thing was, there were 2 offers of admission in the nyuhome thing, both to Gallatin. I thought it was just an error with the page, so I picked the first one (both had identical descriptions). Paid $500, then decided to bum around NYU's site for a while and unearthed the paper candidate's reply form which had the amount of $800 for tuition + on-campus housing deposit. I double-checked my common app and yes, I indicated I wanted on-campus housing. Now I'm sorta freaking out thinking I'm doomed to search for an apartment in NYC.</p>
<p>Basically, to assuage my fears before I frantically call admissions tomorrow morning, did anyone pay the same deposit despite applying for on-campus housing?</p>
<p>Please call admissions tomorrow and come back to tell me what they say - I’m international so its sort of a pain to call them. Oh God, another thing to freak out about!! :(</p>
<p>You do have to pay an additional $300 for the initial housing deposit (which will be credited into the housing part of your bill for fall 2011). This should not be a big issue. I cannot seem to find the deadline for submitting the housing deposit for ED admitted students, but I am sure it is not too late for you to forward a second check for $300 to the NYU Bursar’s Office, with a note stating that you had misread the instructions (there are so many different procedures after all) and did not send the $300 with the tuition deposit of $500. </p>
<p>Just to give you an idea of the time frame. Normally, RD admitted students have until
May 1st to get in their tuition and housing deposit. So think of it. RD students get their decisions around 4/15. They have approximately 2 weeks to get the deposits in. I am sure they provide the same time period for ED students. So, just go ahead and send in the second check and re-confirm your wish for college housing in your letter.</p>
<p>This really should not be a problem! You just heard 3 days ago, so you do have time.</p>
<p>evolving - The deadline is Jan 15th so looks like there is still plenty of time to rectify the situation, thank God. I’ve sent my father to go to the bank now and get a check ready for the housing deposit. On Monday I will send the check, the candidate’s reply form, a letter explaining my situation and a copy of the receipt I got from paying the tuition deposit online all to NYU through DHL. I really hope everything gets sorted out. I’m so tired of stressing over everything :(</p>
<p>Clarify your question? I will try to answer based on what this discussion is about. </p>
<p>You appear to have the option of paying the tuition and HOUSING deposit (total $800) online. Apparently, the 2 students above did not send in the housing deposit due to lack of clear instructions or their mis-reading/ missing the procedures.</p>
<p>So this discussion has been about rectifying the situation of not sending in the housing deposit with the tuition deposit. At this point, the housing deposit which was not included with the tuition deposit made has to be sent separately with a note to the physical address of NYU Bursar’s Office (maybe done online but definitely better to send regular mail with an explanation and confirmation of desire for college housing). The Bursar’s office gets all the payments.</p>
<p>So the housing check HAS to be paid by check, it can’t be done online? That’s what I’m confused about, because it sounds like once you pay the $500 tuition deposit, the link for the housing one just disappears. And if the housing does have to be paid by check, is there some sort of form that goes with it?</p>
<p>I haven’t accepted anything yet… after reading about all these complications everyone’s having I’m going to accept on Monday… when the admissions office should be open and ready to answer my call.</p>
<p>So we have to pay $500 or $800 immediately? If it’s $500 upfront, did anyone find out when the $300 for housing is due?
Also, why can’t we pay all of this online? Doesn’t make sense. If anyone has already been in contact with the admissions office, or if anyone knows what we are suppose to do, please reply!</p>
<p>This online payment procedure is not very clear to me or apparently to the students here, especially in regards to the housing deposit portion. So, yes, by all means contact NYU BURSAR’s office Monday about this form of payment.</p>
<p>The Tuition and Housing Deposits ($800 total, $500 for tuition and $300 for housing) are both due 1/15/11 (thank you AudreyH for getting this info).</p>
<p>To me, for those who have not sent in deposits yet or paid online, the most clear cut way of dealing with this matter is just to send in ONE check the $800 total for Tuition and Housing Deposits. That was what I did on behalf of sonny (the Bursar’s Office told me it should be in one check, though obviously they will accept two separate checks if you want to do it in two phases but by 1/15/11). I made sure to include sonny’s name and NYU ID# (a must for all communications with NYU). I also included a memo at the bottom of the $800 check indicating $500 was for tuition deposit and $300 for housing deposit. </p>
<p>I EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS METHOD. Everything was properly credited to sonny’s account for the Fall 2010 bill.</p>
<p>So, please take the simplest method possible and do not make this more complicated. This is my recommendation.</p>
<p>I just read your question. You can just send in the check with a short note that it is a payment for housing and tuition deposits for 2011-2012. Unless you see a form available. I am not sure if I received a payment stub, but it does not matter. If you have the NYUID and the memo at the bottom, it is sufficient for you to get credit for payment.</p>
<p>tessa - Are you sure both the links are for $500? That shouldn’t be the case, they can’t overcharge you.</p>
<p>What happened was that I payed $500 online via credit card for the first link, and I immediately clicked on “Check Payment Status” and then the entire deposit system was disabled so I couldn’t view the second link.
Only after seeing the Candidate’s Reply Form (the paper option to pay), I saw that they needed a housing deposit of $300. Because I cannot revert the deposit system, I must now send my housing deposit using the CRF with an attached check of $300. I will send this check on Monday with a copy of my receipt for the tuition deposit I paid online. There is no other way to proceed with this.</p>
<p>If you have not yet submitted any of your deposits, I suggest you follow evolving’s suggestion of paying the full $800 by check (you will indicate on the CRF that it is inclusive of your tuition and housing deposit) that way the online system won’t screw you over.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your replies at least I know I’m not alone in this! Both the Bursars office and the Undergraduate Admissions office are closed til monday, so I couldn’t call them AudreyH I’ll probably end up doing the same thing you do, but I think i’m gonna wait to clarify what my options are (which is pretty complicated since I’m flying away for holiday on sunday).
That’s really interesting though, Tessa. I’m assuming you asked for housing too? Hmm, maybe there was an error in the system or something.
Anyways, I’ll call whichever office I need to first thing when they open and let you guys know what the official mumbojumbo is. :/</p>
<p>Umm…just to make things a little more confusing, I sent an email to the registrar’s office asking what was going on and why both of my links were asking for $500, and this is the response that I got:</p>
<p>"Your e-mail has been forwarded to the Bursar’s Office for a response.</p>
<p>You are not required to pay a $300 housing deposit. You just need to pay $500 to accept your admission.</p>
<p>Please let me know if you have any additional questions regarding this matter.</p>
<p>This is very confusing for the students. However, remember AudreyH mentioned when she looked at the actual hard copy paperwork, the CRF (Candidate’s Reply Form) indicated a $300 INITIAL housing deposit is required along with the $500 tuition deposit.</p>
<p>Last year I had to send in both tuition and housing deposits shortly after sonny was admitted according to the RD time frame (due 5/1, one month after regular decisions were released). Then before the entire Fall 2010 bill had to be paid in August,
another payment of $1000 for HOUSING RESERVATION was required to be paid by June (as I recall it).</p>
<p>I have check records indicating I paid $800 for TUITION/HOUSING DEPOSITS on 4/5/10 and another $1000 for HOUSING RESERVATION on 4/28/10. These were required payments and I doubt NYU has changed this payment policy for the incoming class.</p>
<p>Also, remember I stated in an earlier post ALL PAYMENT ISSUES GO THROUGH THE BURSAR’S OFFICE. Don’t contact other offices about billing issues. They will just refer you to the Bursar’s Office. End of story.</p>
<p>Tessa - I don’t know whether to be relieved or even more stressed out about that!</p>
<p>But just to be safe, I’ll send in the housing deposit. The last thing I need is to search for an apartment in NYC. Anyway, if the bursar’s office responds, please let us know what they say. Thank you :)</p>
I’ll probably end up doing the same thing you do, but I think i’m gonna wait to clarify what my options are (which is pretty complicated since I’m flying away for holiday on sunday).