Financial Aid

Loans may be available for qualified students. Please contact Student Financial Services for more information 915-674-2643. Students who intend to apply for financial aid should do so by March 1.

Financial Arrangements

Before a student may register, he or she must be in good standing with Student Financial Services (Welcome Center, Zellner Hall). The university's Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog contains useful information on payment plans, refunds, Campus Cash, and Bean Bucks, etc.

Late Registration Fee

A $50 late registration fee will be assessed for persons who receive permission to register after the first day of class.

Maymester and Summer Costs

Maymester charges will be based on ACU's 2000-01 rates. Tuition and general fees will be $347 per semester hour.

An academic enrichment and technology fee is charged per credit hour to provide hands-on learning and computer labs. A health fee is charged, and travel courses have additional costs. Maymester housing, including local telephone service, will be $210 for single or double occupancy. Meals will be available in the university Bean Sprout.

Summer I and II charges will be based on the university's 2001-02 rates. Contact Student Financial Services for information.

Payment

All charges must be paid prior to the beginning of class. Students should be aware that delinquent balances incur a finance charge.

The university may prevent the release of grades and/or prevent registration for future classes until all balances have been paid.

Payments may be made at the Welcome Center (Zellner Hall) or mailed to ACU Box 29120, Abilene, Texas 79699.

Refunds of Tuition and Fees

No refunds of tuition and fees are made for absences.

A student who enrolls in a class but does not attend (or stops attending and does not officially withdraw) will receive no refund. No refunds will be made unless the course is dropped or a student withdraws from the university before the first day of the term &endash; Maymester, Summer I or II.

After a student withdraws from the university, university housing and board will be refunded on a pro rata basis.

No refunds for board will be made for absences while enrolled in the university.

After an official withdrawal from the university through Campus Life or the official dropping of a class through the Registrar's office, a refund of tuition will be made, based on the refund schedule. (Days indicated are days of the term, excluding Saturday and Sunday.) Withdrawal from individual classes must be approved by the student's adviser and is subject to the published drop fee.

Add/Drop Period

Students may add and drop classes, according to the policy stated below, with no charge and 100 percent tuition refund. After the add/drop period, a fee of $10 will be charged for each add and each drop.

The add/drop policy for summer classes:

Maymester	Before the first day of class
Traditional summer classes*	Summer I: June 6-7 Summer II: July 9-10
Summer Short courses**	Before the first day of class

*Traditional summer classes are those classes that meet the entire Summer I or Summer II session.
**Summer short courses are classes whose duration is less than a traditional summer session.

Refunds Schedule

Maymester Terms:	Refund of tuition
Day 1	90 percent
Day 2	80 percent
Day 3	None
Summer I and II:	.
Day 1 (No add/drop fee)	100 percent
Day 2	90 percent
Day 3	80 percent
Day 4	60 percent
Day 5 - end of term	None

Other Special Sessions or Short Terms

For other special sessions or short courses, refunds will only be made prior to the first day of the term as described above. Fees are not refunded after the term or class begins (regardless of when the class begins meeting in that term). Usually, travel course fees cannot be refunded.