Matriculation Fee?/ "Hold my seat" Fee?

[DawgOD]

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Hello,

Not all schools list their "acceptance" fees on their website.

If anyone knows how much certain schools ask for up front to hold your seat, could u please post here on this thread?

Really interested in SCO in particular.

 

[Rinny]

SCO, PCO, NECO, and ICO all have a $500 deposit. They each have different refund policies, but SCO will refund $400 up until some date in April (can't remember exactly).

 

[lkg2837]

SUNY and OSU also have $500 fees-- SUNY's is 100% refundable if requested in writing before April 1st I believe, and $475 of OSU's is refundable before May 15th.

 

[Commando303]

It's preposterous not every school would have a 100%-refund policy to a certain date. "Make up your mind immediately, or potentially kiss good-bye a year of your life (or,... just slip us some money)." Among non-refundable seat-holding charges, supplemental-application fees (N.E.C.O. doesn't even have a supp. app.; they just demand cash, like the mafia), and $30,000.00/year tuitions, a number of optometry colleges have a firm kick to the balls headed their way.

 

[DawgOD]

Arizona's is $1000, and you can get back $100 dollars as long as you notify them you are not attending 30 days before orientation starts..

Thats $900 bucks down the drain.🙁

 

[lkg2837]

Arizona's is $1000, and you can get back $100 dollars as long as you notify them you are not attending 30 days before orientation starts..

Thats $900 bucks down the drain.🙁

Wow, that seems outrageous.

 

[jc10101]

pco, western, puco all have $500, nonrefundable marticulation fees, and if i remember correctly, novas is $250, also nonrefundable

 

[ThazinJayne]

UIWSO has a NONrefundable 500 fees.
ICO has partial/full refundable 500 fees.

 

[ibalz]

SCCO's fee is either $1500 non refundable (you are really sure you're going) or $750 with $250 being refundable if you decide to go elsewhere. Of course if you do go, the deposit amount is credited towards tuition.

 

[princess1012]

[FONT=geneva, arial, sans-serif]Students who accept an offer of admission to the IU Doctor of Optometry program are required to pay a non-refundable enrollment deposit of $500.00. If the student enrolls in the IU School of Optometry, the deposit will be applied to the student's tuition. If the student does not enroll, the deposit is not refunded..

 

[acetabulum7]

Those who are interested in Puerto Rico, I heard it's $1000 applied toward tuition, and if you withdraw, you only lose $125. They didn't mention about a deadline to withdraw.

 

[Commando303]

Those who are interested in Puerto Rico, I heard it's $1000 applied toward tuition, and if you withdraw, you only lose $125. They didn't mention about a deadline to withdraw.

How is $125.00 "only"? It's only 12.5% of the total down-payment, but that doesn't make it a small figure to lose.

 

[lnh]

How is $125.00 "only"? It's only 12.5% of the total down-payment, but that doesn't make it a small figure to lose.

It's a relative term. Certainly you must agree that $125 is much better than the usual non-refundable $500, $750, $900, and *gasp* $1500.

By the way, SCO will refund $400 out of the $500 up until April 30th. Not that the OP probably cares anymore because he just got ACCEPTED! I just read your post. Congrats, DawgOD! 😀

 

[acetabulum7]

Yah it is relative; thanks for clarifying.

 

[jymezg]

on the plus side, if there is one, that $500-1500 dollar deposit represents $500-1500 dollars off your tuition that you won't be paying intrest on forever. cha-ching!