Fall Statements and Financial Holds

Listen up....it is time to talk about  the subject that is one of the least favorable. No matter what you refer to it as, whether you call it tuition payment, billing, financial statements, or something else, there are a few things you need to know about the Final Fall Statements.

***This type of hold will not allow you to enroll in classes for winter until it is removed. If you do get a financial hold on your account just before enrollment, resolve it as soon as you can.***

This was taken directly from financial services:

"The final Fall Billing Statements are now available and can be accessed at http://www.rit.edu/eservices/. Due date for this statement is October 20, 2012.  Winter Quarter enrollment begins October 22^nd. Unpaid balances will have an enrollment hold after due date.

If financial aid has not paid to your account, please contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships to complete required documents.  This aid will need to be paid before October 20^th to clear your account for Winter enrollment."

It is important to understand that student financial holds will not be placed on accounts for this statement until the bills are overdue.  In other words, enrollment begins on the 22nd, these holds will not be placed on accounts until right before. 

So what do you need to do as a student:

1. Communicate with your bill payer that it is crucial your bill is paid on time.

2. If you do have a hold put on your account from student financial services you will need to resolve it through eServices or contact their department.

Student Financial Services is located on USC 1st Floor.  Student can email them at asksfs@rit.edu or call them at 585-475-6186. 

Enrollment Dates - Winter Quarter

This schedule can also be seen on rit.edu/enrollment: 

Winter 2012-13 Enrollment Dates

Below are the enrollment dates by group. Within each group, students will be parsed by year level, then randomly placed in groups of about 300. To find these specific appointment times students should click on the details link under Enrollment Dates.  You can begin enrolling at any time after your assigned appointment.

Monday, October 22
Graduate students
Early 5th-year students*
Early 4th-year students* in a 4-year program

Tuesday, October 23
5th-year students
4th-year students in a 4-year program
Early 4th-year students* in a 5-year program

Wednesday, October 24
4th-year students in a 5-year program
Early 3rd-year students*

Thursday, October 25
3rd-year students
Early 2nd-year students*

Friday, October 26
2nd-year students
Early 1st-year students*

Monday, October 29
1st-year students

Tuesday, October 30
Non-degree and all other students

* Early enrollment appointments include the following groups: Students in the Honors Program, Cross-registered Students, and Varsity Athletes.

Are Holds Weighing you Down?

Have you seen a hold on your account recently? Do you not know what it means?

Rest assured there are three kinds of holds that are appearing on student accounts recently:

1. Financial Hold
• This type of hold needs to be resolved with financial services.
• It could mean:
• You have an unpaid bill.
• There could have been a mistake and it needs to be clarified.
• Or another reason.
2. Advising Hold
• This is a Semester Conversion I.A.P. Hold 
• Your advisor will be contacting you regarding a meeting to discuss the upcoming semester conversion and how you will stay on track with the new courses and requirements in order to graduate on time.
• For more information regardign the conversion visit:
• RIT Conversion Website
• RIT Semester Conversion blog
• Like the Semester Conversion Facebook
• Follow RIT Conversion
• This hold will not prohibit a student from enrolling in classes for the winter and spring; however, the student needs to meet with their advisor and sign-off on their I.A.P. (Individual Advisement Plan) before they will be allowed to enroll in classes for the Winter Semester. 
3. Academic Advising Hold
• All first years students at RIT are required to meet with their academic department to discuss their upcoming enrollment for winter.
• This hold will only be removed after a student meets with their advisor.
• My recommendation would be to contact your advisor now to schedule this appointment before enrollment begins. 
• Advisors get extremely busy during enrollment periods and may not have time for a walk-in appointment.

Students should begin resolving their holds now as they can effect enrollment for winter quarter. 

Did you Know: Winter Enrollment

There are a few big things to remember for Winter Enrollment this year. 

As students begin searching for classes in Student Center, students will need to change the search term to 2012-13 Winter Quarter.  To do this student will click on search (as shown below). 

 Then select the drop down term menu which currently defaults to 2012-13 Fall Quarter.

 After selecting the drop down, students should select the next term on the list for Winter Quarter, it will read as 2012-13 Winter Quarter (see below).

By selecting this term, students will be searching for classes in the upcoming quarter that they wish to put into their shopping carts. If students search under the Fall Quarter option, all classes students are currently taking will be visible.  

We understand this can be a time consuming to students and a hassle (having to change this every time) and the enrollment team will look to improve this in the future.

Another thing that students need to remember is...until semester conversion for Fall 2012 the search by subject name will not be active.

  

For example, after selecting "select subject" (as shown above) if you wanted to search for an Accounting class, you would not select A until semester conversion.  Selecting A will give you a yellow triangle message that states, "there are no course subjects for this selection" (shown below). 

Instead you would need to know the course number, in this case for accounting the 4 digit code is 0101.  If you did not know this you could search through the numbers in order to find a specific subject or you could contact your advisor.  

Students, for the remainder of this year will need to search by course number.  These numbers can be found on student's college program sheets, at their student service desks, or provided by their advisors.  

When RIT converts to semesters, the class search will be easier for student's to navigate as they will search by the alpha line but for now we recommend contacting your advisor or using your college's service desk or website to find your program sheets.

Winter Shopping Time

It is official, winter quarter enrollment shopping carts are open, October 1st for all students.  And as an added bonus, students will be able to view their enrollment appointment time for their given enrollment day on October 1st, as well.

A few things to remember when placing classes in your shopping cart:

1. You can put as many classes as you want into the cart.
2. Have a first, second, and third back-up plan.
3. Check the requirements for the class to make sure you meet them.
• The system may not bump you out from a class now (it will when we convert to semesters); however, the professor may remove you during Week 1 or highly encourage you to drop the class.
4. The cart places your classes in order of course number.
• It does not prioritize your classes for you.
• You may want to keep a written list somewhere of the classes you want to take the most.
5. In your cart you can place multiple sections of the same course; however, on enrollment day you can only enroll in one section. 
6. If you are a younger year level classes will appear open until enrollment begins on October 22nd and they may fill-up, especially if it is a popular class among upperclassmen.  
• Classes placed in the shopping cart will remain their regardless of if the class is closed or not; however, when a student attempts to enroll in a closed class they will receive a RED X on that class.

**Preparing for enrollment is the best thing you can do, it will make your enrollment day quick and easy.**

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