Student Enrollment Services

1. Student Enrollment Services

2. Presenters • Chris Cordella Bursar & Director, Operations • Kathy McGuinness Director, Academic & General Services • Melissa Metcalf • Associate Director, Undergraduate Financial Aid • Helen Wechsler, Director, Dining Services

3. Session Overview • Academic Services • Financial Aid • Student Employment • Billing • Eagle One Card • BC Dining

4. Academic Services • Course registration • Degree audits/academic advising • Academic Records

5. Course Registration • Register at Orientation for fall semester • Register in November for spring semester • Register in April for fall semester

10. Degree Audit • Computer generated tool that enables both the student and the academic advisor to assess the student’s academic progress towards degree. • Matches courses to degree requirements including: • Core • Major(s) • Minor(s) • Language • Electives • Students request degree audits and simulated degree audits online. • Student meet with their academic advisors prior to registration each semester. • Academic advisors review degree audit with the student.

11. Academic Recorders • Academic Records Specialists monitor the academic records of students in their respective schools. • The academic team answers questions regarding courses, grades, registration, degree audits, transcripts, degree progress and graduation.

12. Transcripts & Grades • Faculty post grades at end of each semester. • Students may view their grades online immediately after posting. • Students may request that grades be sent to them at their home address. • The transcript is an official document showing the student’s educational work. • Students request transcripts online.

13. Financial Aid • Need based • Awards • Student Employment • Appeals • Financing

14. Financial Aid – Need Based • All financial aid awarded by Student Services at Boston College is need-based. • Need-based aid assumes that the parents and the student are responsible for the cost of education to the extent of their ability and that financial aid will be used to supplement the effort of the family.

15. Electronic Award Notification • Students access their awards through Agora using their usernames and passwords. • No paper awards. • Students should have received their financial aid awards. • Students who have not yet received their awards should contact the Office of Student Services.

16. Outside Aid • We are required to count outside aid as a resource in the award. • This may result in adjustments. • Notify us as soon as possible.

17. Appeal Process • You have the right to appeal your financial aid award and it may be reconsidered if: • errors are made • in the annual financial aid application, • in the calculation of the financial aid award, • or if the family’s circumstances change. • However, adjustments cannot be made which require exceptions to the standard principles and practices used for all families.

18. Student Employment • Jobs will be posted Wednesday, August 31st at www.bc.edu/studentemployment • Positions are filled on a first come, first serve basis. • Students are paid weekly through direct deposit into checking/savings account. • Students must have original birth certificate or passport for I-9 & W-4/M-4. • Off-campus jobs can be found at www.collegehelpers.com.

19. Alternative Financing • Total aid including alternative loan cannot exceed the cost of attendance. • Other financing options are available at the student services website: www.bc.edu/paymentoptions

20. $uccessful Start is a program created to educate students about their finances while at Boston College and prepare them for financial management for life. The goal of $successful $tart is to provide Boston College students with a series of presentations related to all aspects of personal financial management. Website: www.bc.edu/successfulstart Email: successfulstart@bc.edu

21. Billing • Payment Policy • Billing Statements • Payment Due Dates • Methods of Payment

22. Student Account Policies • Boston College requires that tuition and fees be paid in full on the due dates each term unless you enroll in the University’s monthly payment plan. • The fall semester bill is due on August 10, and the spring bill will be due December 10. • All billing is electronic. No paper bills will be sent home. • Students must authorize their parents to receive billing statements. • Visit www.bc.edu/mybillfor more information.

24. Miscellaneous Fees • Campus Health Fee $426 • Identification Card Fee $ 30 • Student Activities $298 • Freshman Orientation Fee $420 • Total $1,174 *lab fees range from $100-$310

25. Medical Insurance • Massachusetts law requires that all undergraduate students are enrolled in a health insurance plan. • Fall Cost $ 966 8/7/11 - 1/8/12 • Spring Cost: $1,142 1/9/12 - 8/6/12 • Students covered by a comparable plan may waive charge: go toPortal , click on My Services & medical insurance . Fall deadline to waive fee is September 16, 2011. • Students under 18 must submit a completed paper waiver signed by their parents.

26. Health Services Fee • Undergraduate students are charged an annual campus health fee of $426 for medical care at the university health service. • The fee is separate from the medical insurance. • Students living off-campus may waive the fee.

27. Adjustments to Your Bill • Financial Aid Awards • Work-Study • Pending Credits • Outside Scholarships

28. Financial Aid vs. the Bill • Actual credits • Boston College Scholarship • Federal Supp. Ed. Opportunity Grant (SEOG) • Pending credits • Federal Pell Grant • Federal Direct Loan • Federal Perkins Loan, MA No Interest Loan, Nursing Loan • State Scholarship • Aid that does not credit bill • Federal Work-Study

29. Payment Options • ACH / ECHECK Payments • Checks • TMS Payment Plan • www.bc.edu/paymentoptions

31. ACH / ECHECK PAYMENTS • To make a payment to your students account go to: http://agora.bc.edu/web.payments • You will be asked if you want to pay tuition or add money to Dining or Eagle Bucks. • Click on the one you want - You will need to know the student’s eagle number and month and day of birth. • Follow directions from there. • You may also make a tuition payment as an authorized payer on MyBill.

32. TMS Monthly Payment Plan • The university offers a monthly payment plan through Tuition Management Systems (TMS) that allows students to pay tuition and required fees in 10 monthly installments. • Under this plan, monthly installments are due from May 1, 2011 to Feb. 1, 2012. • The deadline to enroll is 7/31/11. The enrollment fee is $55 for the year. Single semester plans are available for an enrollment fee of $40. • Refer to https://www.afford.com for information.

33. Eagle-One Card • Serves as the official identification card for students, faculty & staff. • Serves as a debit card for: dining halls, vending machines, laundry machines, bookstores & off-campus merchants.

34. Dining Service Helen Wechsler, • Director, Dining Services

35. Summary • Student Services is a one stop shop – a central point of contact for students and their parents. • Offers in one location the services of the Registrar, Financial Aid, Student Accounts and Campus Based Loans. • Our team of experts can handle any financial or academic question that our student or parents may have.

36. Parent Information Go to www.bc.edu/studentservices Click on Information for Parents Consider becoming a fan of Student Services on Facebook and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter.

37. Contact Us • Phone at 800-294-0294 or 617-552-3300 • Fax at 617-552-4889 • Email at studentservices@bc.edu • Mail at: Boston College Office of Student Services Lyons Hall 140 Commonwealth Ave Chestnut Hill, MA 02467