Student Enrollment Services

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• Student Enrollment Services

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Presenters

• Chris Cordella
• Bursar Director, Student Accounts
• Kathy McGuinness
• Director, Academic General Services
• Melissa Metcalf
• Associate Director, Undergraduate Financial Aid
• Megan ONeill/Michael Kann
• Associate Director, Dining Services

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Student Services

• Provides a central point of contact for students
  and parents with financial and academic questions
• Experts respond to questions by phone, emails and
  walk in.
• Offers the services of the Registrar, Financial
  Aid, Student Accounts, Campus Based Loans and
  auxiliary services in one Lyons Hall location.

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Academic Services

• Course Registration
• Students register for fall at Orientation.
• Students register for spring in November.
• Students register for following fall in April.

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Degree Audit

• Computer generated tool that enables the student
  to assess his/her academic progress towards
  his/her degree.
• Matches courses to specific degree requirements
• Core
• Major(s)
• Minor(s)
• Language
• Electives
• Students request degree audits and simulated
  degree audits online. They review their degree
  audits with their academic advisors each semester
  prior to registration.

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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.

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Grades and Transcripts

• Faculty post grades online each semester.
  Students may view grades once they are posted.
• Grade reports are mailed home only if requested
  by the student. Students request this option
  through the agora portal.
• Transcripts are official documents that display a
  students courses and grades. Students request
  online and there is no charge.

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Financial Aid 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.

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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.

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Student Employment

• Jobs will be posted Wednesday, August 28 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.

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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 familys circumstances change.
• However, adjustments cannot be made which require
  exceptions to the standard principles and
  practices used for all families.

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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/altloans

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• uccessful tart 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 uccessful tart is to
  provide Boston College students with a series of
  presentations related to all aspects of personal
  financial management.
• www.bc.edu/successfulstart
• successfulstart_at_bc.edu

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• SALT was created by American Student Assistance,
  a nonprofit organization, to help Boston College
  students become more financially savvy.
• www.bc.edu/salt
• Interactive money management tools that show you
  how to take control of your finances.
• A personal dashboard that tracks all of your
  student loans in one place.
• Loan advice from SALTs expert counselors.
• Access to thousands of scholarships, career, and
  internship opportunities.
• Exclusive benefits that help you save and spend
  smart.

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Student Account Billings

• Fall Semester bills include ½ of tuition, room
  and board and all mandatory fees and are due on
  August 9.
• Spring Semester bills include the other ½ of
  tuition, room and board and are due on December
  10.
• All billing is electronic. No paper bills sent
  home.
• Students must authorize their parents to
  receive the billing statement.
• Visit www.bc.edu/mybill for more information.

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Miscellaneous Fees

• Campus Health Fee 442
• Identification Card Fee 30
• Student Activities 310
• Freshman Orientation Fee 436
• Total
  1,218
• Note Lab fees range from 95330
• Fee may be waived only for off-campus students

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Medical Insurance

• Massachusetts law requires that all undergraduate
  students are enrolled in a Health Insurance Plan.
  
• Fall Cost 1,115 8/7/131/13/14
• Spring Cost 1,317 1/13/148/6/14
• Students covered by a comparable may waive
  charge
• go to Portal and, click on My Services
  medical insurance. Fall deadline to waive fee is
  Sept 13, 2013.
• Students must complete the waiver process each
  year.
• Students under 18 must submit a completed paper
  waiver signed by their parents.

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Sample e-Bill
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Payment Options

• www.bc.edu/paymentoptions
• Alternative Financing
• QuikPAY Payment Plan (QPPP)
• ACH/eCheck Payments
• Checks

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QuikPAY Payment Plan (QPPP)

• Interest-free monthly installment payment plan
• Payments processed June 5, 2013 to March 5, 2014
• 45 enrollment fee for annual plans, 25 for
  single semester plans
• Enrollment deadline for annual and fall semester
  plans is August 9
• For more information, visit www.bc.edu/paymentopt
  ions

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ACH/eCheck Payments

• To make a payment to your students account go to
  http//portal.bc.edu/webpayment.
• You will be asked if you want to pay tuition or
  add money to Dining or Eagle Bucks
• Click on the one you wantyou will need to know
  the students 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.

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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, and
  off-campus merchants.

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Dining Services

• Megan ONeill/Michael Kann
• Associate Director, Dining Services

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Parent Information

• Go to www.bc.edu/studentservices
• Click on Information for Parents
• Consider becoming a fan of Student Services on
  Facebook and dont forget to follow us on Twitter!

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Contact Us

• Phone [phone] or 617-552-3300
• Fax [phone]
• Email studentservices_at_bc.edu
• Mail
• Boston College
• Office of Student Services
• Lyons Hall 103
• 140 Commonwealth Ave.
• Chestnut Hill, MA 02467