New Student Orientation Booklet

Academic STUDENT ACCOUNTS The Office of Student Accounts is located in Stratton Administration Center, Room 225. Questions may be directed by email to studentaccounts@ kutztown.edu or by telephone at 610- 683-4133. It is important to remember that bills include tuition, fees, housing and meals are only available online through the student’s MyKU. They are not mailed. TUITION BILLING Students will be sent an email to their KU email account when their bill is ready to view and pay. Fall bills are prepared mid July and due early August. Spring bills are prepared early December and due early January. Summer and winter session due dates are in MyKU and as- signed based on when you register. The Intent To Attend in MyKU is where you confirm your attendance. It preserves your schedule and allows KU to receive any aid that you may have authorized. (This occurs after billing). Each fall and spring term, confirm your intent to at- tend by locating the double sized tile on MyKU, move the No to a Yes and click Save. If this is done properly, the next time you log in, the tile will no longer appear. PAYMENT PLANS KU is pleased to offer a payment plan option. The sooner you sign up, the more payments you will have available. Fall plans start in May! Log into MyKU > KU Financial Account tile > select the button on the left - Payment Plans Signup. This is the same place you will make payments on your payment plan. GUIDE FOR FIRST TIME STUDENTS Check out our web page created just for you at www. kutztown.edu/costs-and-financial-aid/ guide-for-first-time-students. It will answer many questions you have about tuition payment, refunds and much more! REFUND PROGRAM MyKU accounts may at times be overpaid. If they are, we need to know how to get your funds to you the way you want. The choice is yours, and you make this choice online at www.refundselection.com using a personal code mailed to your home in a green envelope prior to you starting your first semester at KU. This should arrive in July or later. Even if you don’t expect a refund, we want you to make that choice now. Parent PLUS loan refunds will be issued to the parent in the form of a paper check mailed to your home address unless they granted permission on the application to release the funds to the student. Refund Options include: 1. Direct Deposit to their own bank account of choice 2. Opening an online FDIC insured account with the refund company STAFFORD LOANS The most common loans students use are Stafford loans. To receive Stafford Loans, students must complete Entrance Counseling online AND complete a Master Promissory Note (MPN). Both of these can be done at: https://studentloans.gov as early as June. PARENT PLUS LOANS – The parent logs into https://studentloans.gov with their own FSA ID and password and ap- plies for the PLUS loan. If approved, the parent signs their own Master Promissory Note, in their name. If denied, there may be additional Stafford Loans to help the student. ALTERNATIVE LOANS – These loans are in the student’s name but they most often need a credit worthy co-signer. Review lenders and apply at www.elmselect.com 13