<p>Can anyone tell me how the bill pay works. I want to know when I pay online using my checking account how this works also, do I have to enter all my bank and routing info every time?</p>
<p>One more thing can I pay just one section of the bill, for example the tuition fees or the housing? Is there a priority for where the money is allocated?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Are you asking about a specific school? If so you would be better off posting in the forum for that school. Each school will have their own methods and forms.</p>
<p>As far as the just paying one part of the bill. I don’t know about other school but my daughter’s school the bursar account lists all the separate charges but just gives one total owed as of a certain date. Any payment just goes to that total - there is no way of saying this goes to this or that expense. What would be the point? </p>
<p>You have to keep track yourself if you are thinking of tax benefits etc.</p>
<p>Good point, I am referring to UC Davis, in California. I searched their web site and could not find the detailed information that I’m looking for.</p>
<p>At my Ds’ schools, parents are instructed on how to set up a bill pay account long before the first tuition, etc. check is due. Banking info is listed once when the account is set up.</p>
<p>When the first tuition email comes, I go to the bill pay website, sign into the bill pay account, type in the amount of money I am paying, note which already set up account I am using, and click “pay this amount.” </p>
<p>As part of the admitted student packet, there should have been some instructions on how to set up this account.</p>
<p>Took just a few clicks but this looks like what you are looking for. You have to start in the current students section and go to the cashiers page. Links from there to ways to pay bill. However, these pages into the student account are often available only to the student. The student may have to give you permission to access them.
<a href=“https://mybill.ucdavis.edu/tbp/web/login.jsp[/url]”>https://mybill.ucdavis.edu/tbp/web/login.jsp</a></p>
<p>Payment methods are almost always in the cashiers or bursars pages, not financial aid pages.<a href=“http://cashier.ucdavis.edu/services/paymethods.cfm[/url]”>http://cashier.ucdavis.edu/services/paymethods.cfm</a></p>
<p>Thanks for your replies, I already know where to log in to pay online. I only need to know how the e-check works. I have found no information on how it is set up on the Davis web site. I hope that if any parent pays UC Davis by e-check, they would be able to give me some idea of how it is set up, since I will need to do pay every quarter.</p>
<p>I will go back into the student packet and see if I missed this information.</p>
<p>You could just go ahead and log in and start through the process. There is always a final screen before you actually pay. You can stop there and not complete the transaction if you don’t want to. You can also call the cashier’s office.</p>
<p>I assume that these portals differ from school to school. When in doubt, I have had good results from calling the bursar’s office at son’s school. They may think that I am an idiot, but they are polite and do talk me through the process. (Maybe public U, no matter how wonderful, is different.)</p>
<p>I most likely will try Singersmom07’s suggestion, and go ahead and log in and try it. If there is some catch that I am not aware of then I should be able to stop the process. Worst case I need to send them a check by mail, but I think e-check may work out better in the long run. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>