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Tuition and fees are due and payable prior to the beginning of each semester (refer to “Making Payments" for dates). Failure to pay current semester charges may cause the student’s class registration to be cancelled. Unpaid charges on the student account may prevent the student from registering for an upcoming term. A late payment penalty of 5 percent will be added to each bill if not paid by the due date. Each month you will receive a statement from Averett University listing charges and credits and showing the current balance. Please read all information printed on your statement and any inserts that may be included. It is the student’s responsibility, whether the student receives a statement or not, to make full payment. If the student does not receive a statement, contact the Student Accounts Office at (434) 791-5610.
Do not ignore the student billing statements just because you think financial aid will cover the balance.
Financial Aid
Check the student statements each month to make sure the financial aid is listed. Please refer to the Student Aid Award Letter to see what financial aid the student will receive and check it off as it appears on the statements. If financial aid does not appear on the statement, call the Financial Aid Office at (434) 791-5890 or the Student Accounts Office at (434) 791-5610 to see why and/or what needs to be done to get the aid on the account. Work-Study monies are not automatically credited to the student account (see below).
Work Study
Do not deduct Work-Study awards from the statement, unless the student has signed a form allowing Averett to apply Work-Study monies to the account instead of having a check written to the student.The money is earned through jobs performed at Averett, and the student is given a paycheck at the end of each month. Students have the option to request that work-study monies be applied to their student account or to receive a paycheck; a special form must be completed in order for the credit to go on the student account. The amount applied to the student’s account, or in a check to the student, will depend on hours actually worked.
Bookstore
Students are allowed to charge books and school supplies to their tuition account using their current Averett ID. Charges will be allowed only for the first two weeks of each semester. Bookstore charges are due 30 days from date of purchase.
Student Liability and Responsibilities
When the student registers for a class, the student is liable for payment of the charges for that class, whether or not the student attends. The student will be billed for any unpaid charges, and the student may not register or obtain a transcript until the account is paid in full. To have charges removed or adjusted, the student must withdraw from a class during the refund drop period. (See Withdrawal Policy)
The student is responsible for full payment of all charges on the account by the due date, whether the student receives a bill or not, even if the account is being paid by another party.
The student is responsible for keeping the Averett Student Accounts Office informed of any address changes.
Failure to Pay
The university may refer the account to an outside collection agency for failure to pay and will report the status of the account to a credit reporting bureau. If the account is referred to a collection agency and/or an attorney, collection, court and attorney costs will be added to the account.
Transcript requests will not be processed if an account is in a delinquent status.
The university has the right, without prior notice, to stop or suspend the extension of credit and to withhold services, if billings are returned by the postal service or if the required payments are not made on time. The withholding of services includes, but is not limited to, registration for classes and dining hall access.
Grades, transcripts and/or diplomas will be held until the account is paid in full.
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