Bills, Due Dates, and Deadlines

The new academic year is quickly approaching and we have a few important dates for you to keep in mind:

Traditional students are coming back to campus at the end of August, and fall semester bills and paperwork were due on July 1, 2011. If you still have a balance on your account, please contact the Student Financial Services Office to reconcile, as your online resources have been placed on hold which is limiting your access to your grades, schedule, and syllabus. The second notice went out this week with an August 1, 2011 due date. Failure to submit payment, a loan certification, or payment arrangement will result in a finance fee and/or withdrawal from fall semester courses.

One-Day Saturday students are coming back to campus on September 17, 2011. Fall semester bills are going to be sent out next week. Please make sure your 11-12 FAFSA is completed, and that your Bay Path Financial Aid Application, 2010 Federal Income Tax Return AND W-2's are all submitted to the Student Financial Services Office. (If you attend one of our satellite campuses in Charlton or Burlington, please fax the information directly to our office at 413-565-1101). We will not be able to award any aid for the 11-12 school year without the proper documentation.

**If you need assistance or additional consideration because your financial situation has changed recently, please submit an Appeal for a Special Circumstance to the Student Financial Services Office.

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Notification of Loan Disbursement

Have you ever received a letter in the mail informing you of an amount of money credited to your account? Have you wondered why you were mailed the letter, and why it is a negative amount?

Notification of Loan Disbursement Letters are sent to every student after a loan disbursement is made on your behalf. When you register for the semester, and are awarded student loans to cover your balance, the loan money is not given to the school immediately - it comes in disbursements. Federal regulations require that we notify each of you every time we receive money on your behalf to cover your tuition. This means, that you could receive up to 6 letters every school year! We recommend keeping these letters for your records. If you are familiar with your student account statement online (how could you NOT be? It is an amazingly helpful feature on Cafe Web) you will notice that shortly before you received your notification of loan disbursement, a loan amount was credited to your account.