paying tuition/registration

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I’m sorry for keep asking the same questions, but I really do not understand how the payment works…</p>

<p>So right now, i’m SUPPOSED to be a resident, but looks like office of registrar is taking their time with my files and the current status is still PENDING</p>

<p>I emailed them if I can pay full annual tuition cost for RESIDENT on August 15th right away, just because my financial aid almost covers all of them. And this was their reply:</p>

<p>Please read the third payment option carefully:</p>

<p>• Subtract the nonresident tuition from the total assessed fees and pay
the difference. By using this payment option, you will also incur the
$40.00 installment fee. However, if you pay all the fees (except the
nonresident tuition) by August 15, 2010 and are subsequently classified as
a resident, the $40.00 installment fee will be waived. If you are
classified as a nonresident, the nonresident tuition is then due by the
next billing statement due date and the $40.00 installment fee stands.</p>

<p>If you have financial aid that would cover the majority of the Resident
tuition, you may pay the difference (the remaining balance of the Resident
rate that your financial aid does not cover.) Your bill will reflect a
$40.00 installment fee if you choose this option, but if you are later
classified as a Resident, your $40.00 installment fee will be waived.</p>

<p>So are they telling me that I canNOT pay the annual amount and must pay by the SEMESTER only? also, how about the dorm fee? Can I choose to pay all of it at once, not by each month?</p>

<p>I’m sorry if you have already answered these questions, because I stiill don’t understand them :(</p>

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<p>Berkeley only charges by the semester for ‘tuition’. If you are in the dorms, then you have a 10 month commitment, but everything else is strictly on a semester by semester basis.</p>

<p>Your first months obligation is composed of:

  • 1/10th of your housing charge if you in the dorms
  • one semester of instate registration/health/miscellaneous fees (‘tuition’)
  • one semester of out-of-state additional charges</p>

<p>Someone can choose to divide the tuition and out of state charge across five equal monthly payments (i.e. spread it over the semester). In that case, you pay 1/10th housing, 1/5th of tuition and 1/5th of out-of-state for the first month. Cal will charge you a $40 per semester convenience fee for this ability to spread out the payments.</p>

<p>Normally with finaid, you don’t spread out the tuition, it is all paid in the first month by your aid package. </p>

<p>your situation, where you are still assessed an out of state charge but expect to be classified as a California resident, is an odd mixture. Financial aid so no time payments but an extra charge that will be reversed once they finish the residency review process.</p>

<p>They are saying that if your financial aid payment is going to be at least 1/10th of housing and the full semesters tuition, then you don’t have to pay the extra out of state charge right now. The system will assume you are choosing the payment plan (five equal payments) and will tack on the $40 charge.</p>

<p>Now, once you are classified as a resident of California, they would reverse the out of state charge and in addition would see that you were not putting any money on the payment plan (no balance due after they remove the OOS charge), so they will also remove the $40 fee.</p>

<p>If your finaid will pay the semester tuition (instate) and cover the 1/10th of housing charge, you don’t do anything at all. If the finaid is not enough for that, all you have to add is a payment to bring the total paid for the month to 1/10th of housing plus tuition. Don’t pay any additional for the OOS charge.</p>

<p>of course, if they ultimately decide you are an out of state student, then you have to pay the additional amount over the next four billing months.</p>

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<p>can i pay the room/board costs all at once(up front)? Or do I have to pay the costs 1/10 at a time?</p>

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<p>I don’t believe so, since it will only post as an active charge 1/10th at a time each month. Why not keep the money in your account and send 1/10th each month? Could be earning interest for you.</p>

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<p>So for financial aid I did the following:</p>

<p>1) completed the entrance counseling (on <a href=“https://www.dl.ed.gov/borrower/BorrowerWelcomePage.jsp[/url]”>https://www.dl.ed.gov/borrower/BorrowerWelcomePage.jsp&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>2) finished the MPN (on <a href=“http://dlenote.ed.gov%5B/url%5D”>http://dlenote.ed.gov</a>)</p>

<p>3) set up the e-bill (i think i did. if i go on ebill and the “add a new account” is no longer available means i activated it right?)</p>

<p>am I all set for receiving financial aid to pay for my tuition august 15th?</p>

<p>Thank you</p>

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<p>When are the aid from the scholarships and financial aid office applied to our CARS account? It seems like it’s Aug 10th but I’m not totally sure. </p>

<p>And how much is the convenience fee for the electronic payment? I would much rather avoid an additional fee but sending a check to the UCB takes longer.</p>

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<p>The convenience fee for electronic payment is .50 </p>

<p>Stamp plus envelope cost is pretty close</p>

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<p>@thynameisraymond: the aug. 10 thing is also what I read.</p>

<p>Convenience fee is indeed $0.50.</p>

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<p>Okay, so what is the difference between paying it all at once, and doing deferred payment price wise? Do they cost exactly the same amount?</p>

<p>Also if I follow this ebill thing and pay either the whole 18450 something or pay the deferrred 4thousand something, am I all set to go? Do this cover the whole thing?</p>

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<p>Room and board for students in the dorms is always billed as ten equal monthly payments. </p>

<p>Tuition is billed once per semester unless you choose the deferred payment plan. That plan bills you in five equal monthly payments - corresponding to the one semester. The cost for dividing tuition across monthly payments is $40 per semester.</p>

<p>You would never pay the entire year’s cost all at once. The $11,000 or so that is housing/meals will be billed as $1,100 or so per month, for ten months.</p>

<p>The remaining costs will be billed for August and January payment, and if you don’t pay all of that charge in Aug and/or Jan, they put you on the deferred plan. No form to sign; if you don’t pay all the registration/ship/other charges in full the month they are billed, you are using deferred payments.</p>