Hellooo?
A lot of my friend said that Uoft is known for non-stop paying, thus I want to have a budget of all future payments (in the coming year) as a first year student in arts & sci. I know that ROSI allows us to check, but I can’t seem to find anything regarding future payment yet… Do you know when will they show it? And meanwhile, do you know where can I check all the payment? Like is there a webpage or something? THANKS!

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hey there,

look at you, planning ahead! that’s pretty impressive, you know. you’re probably gonna be in the .12% of people* who graduate without student debt.

actually, uoft has fewer total payments than most schools. some schools have you pay fees every semester, but for uoft, you basically make your entire payment (or defer your payment) at the beginning of the year, because we’re not (fully) on a semestered system.

the tuition schedule for Fall/Winter 2014-2015 isn’t up yet, but you can take a look at the 2013-2014?total fees here (just scroll down to Table 4) or here if you’re an international student. the 2014-2015 schedule will probably not change too much from that. the 2014-2015 fee schedule should be up around mid-july, and your fees should be on ROSI once you enrol in courses.

cheers,

aska

*statistics are entirely fictional and made up by aska.

Hey Aska!!

Just curious if you know why U of T posts full tuition owing, and starts charging interest in July, when OSAP themselves note that recipients won’t receive their funding until “a couple weeks” after classes start (in this case, not until the end of Sept). It just seems unfair to have to spend? around $150 monthly in interest, when I don’t have access to funding or rich parents. Yet another U of T money grab?

Thanks!

~K

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K,

Uhhhhh soooooooo UofT doesn’t start charging interest until November 15 so you can cool your jets for now and await your OSAP in peace.

A.k.a. nope, not a money grab from UofT.

As for the bitterness that seems to be attached to your quotations over there, just a be tea dubs: the reason you don’t actually get your OSAP money until “a couple of weeks” into courses is to make sure you’re actually in said courses and that you’re not the money grabber. 😉

Cheers!

aska

Hey Aska,

I’m just wondering if I register for only the second half of summer school (S term) and I pay my fees BUT drop all my classes before the start of classes for second semester of summer, do I get a full refund including the incidental fees and whatnot?

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Hey hey!

So if you’re just taking that one S course but you’re on the fence about it, you have until July 1 to get ALL your money back.

Just be super careful okay!

Because if you’re just a day late and you attend the class, see that it sucks, and THEN decide to drop it, you’ll get 100% back BUT there will be a $242 charge, which in my humble opinion is utter crap, but that’s UofT for you. Ahem. Like it’s worded on the fees schedule as “100% less minimum charge,” which cruelly gets your hopes up. So rude. Soooo rude.

But that’s in a long time and I’m sure you’ll make up your mind before July 1, so don’t fret too much over fees. 🙂

xoxo,

aska

Hey, I`m a non degree student. I`m only doing one class in the fall and another in the winter. However, I`ve noticed that my tuition is very high, mainly because I have an additional 300+ bucks tacked on for incidental campus and society fees. As a non-degree student is there a way to opt out of all of this?.

Thanks

Dave

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Hey Dave,

Unfortunately, whether you?re a non-degree student or not, you still technically attend U of T and as a result, are in the same boat as the degree students.

If you?re curious as to where that additional few hundred goes, you can take a look at this breakdown. However, the only things you can really opt-out of are the health and dental plans. As a part-time student now, you?ll be getting about $75 back. Further info on opting-out can be found on the APUS website. Sorry, bud!

best,

aska

Good morning.My name is Uacaly, i’m a brazilian student. I just wanna know if you give free courses for students of others countries. And how can i get it? Thank you.

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Hey there Uacaly,

Do I personally give free courses for students of other countries? Not unless it’s in being bitter, sarcastic and awesome … or burping.

But I’ll go for the more logical assumption that you are talking about the university. No, U of T does not offer free courses to students from any country. Actually, a big chunk of the student body is from different countries and that policy would probably put the school in the poor house.

The most I think you could get, in the manner of free education, is auditing a class. You can contact a professor and ask if they mind you attending a class and you can sit in and listen. You won’t do course work and you will not be given any recognition that you attended the class.

No free education in this neck of the woods!

forever and always,

aska

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Heyo OSAP-er

The reason deferrals exist?are to keep you from being withdrawn from your courses, not to excuse you from interest fees. All students accrue interest on the 15th of every month starting in October. By deferring your fees in September, the faculty keeps you in your classes without making the minimum payments, unlike the student who are not on OSAP.

Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing you can do about these service charges. I’m sure you?can go into the Admissions and Awards and shed a few tears, but they might just stare over your head because they know that?no matter how convincing you are, and how justified your reasonings are, they just can’t reverse those fees.

cheerio darlin’,

aska