Deposits
Admission Deposit for All New Students: A nonrefundable deposit of $300 is due on or before the date of confirmation of intention to attend. This deposit is credited against the charges for the student's initial semester of enrollment and will be forfeited if the student does not enroll.

Study Abroad Deposit: Students participating in a Colby program abroad are required to pay a $500 deposit. This deposit is forfeited should the student withdraw from the program.

Comprehensive Fee
Tuition: All matriculating students are required to enroll for at least nine credit hours each semester. Exceptions are made by the dean of admissions in the case of nontraditional students and by the dean of students in certain cases of regular students with extenuating circumstances that prohibit them from carrying a normal course load. Students who receive federal loans or grants should be enrolled for at least 12 credit hours per semester to qualify for these funds. In exceptional cases, students may be charged on a credit hour basis at the rate of $1,050 per credit hour, and financial aid may be reduced.

With permission of the dean of students, seniors needing fewer than nine hours in their final semester may take only that number of credit hours necessary to meet their graduation requirement. In such cases, however, the full comprehensive fee per semester will be charged.

Board: The College offers a board plan of 21 meals per week. Students living in The Harold and Bibby Alfond Residence Complex will receive a rebate of $975 per semester and will recieve 100 meals per semester.

Room: Students are expected to occupy College housing facilities to the full extent of their availability. Other arrangements may be made only with specific approval of the dean of students. Residence hall reservations are made through the Office of the Dean of Students.

Room and Board Rebate: Students enrolled on campus who are approved to live off campus will receive a room and board rebate of $2,135 per semester and will receive 100 meals per semester.

Included in the comprehensive fee is an allocation for the Student Government Association and funding of College health services. There are no additional fees for staff services in the student health center or for the student health insurance plan that the College provides as part of its health services package to all students who pay the general fee.

Off-Campus Study Charges
Two types of off-campus study programs are available at Colby: approved non-Colby off-campus study and Colby or Colby-Bates-Bowdoin off-campus programs.

Students who are engaged in approved non-Colby off-campus foreign or domestic study programs pay all fees directly to the host institution. For Colby and CBB programs abroad and domestic exchanges, a comprehensive fee including tuition, room, board, and travel applies. Financial aid is available to students enrolled in the approved off-campus programs as well as to those enrolled in Colby and CBB abroad programs. All Colby and CBB abroad programs require a $500 attendance deposit. Semester fees for the 2002-2003 Colby and CBB off-campus programs are as follows:

Students who expect to transfer credits for full-time study in an approved non-Colby program will be subject to a fee of $1,000 per semester. This fee will be charged on the Colby tuition bill.

Information regarding application deadlines and other program details may be obtained from the Off-Campus Study Office.

January Program
A January Program that requires extensive travel, special materials, or highly specialized outside instruction carries a fee calculated to reflect the costs of the individual program. Such fees are announced early in the fall.

Students who are not enrolled on campus for the fall and/or spring semester will be charged a fee of $3,030 for tuition only for participating in the January Program.

Miscellaneous Charges
Applied Music: A student receiving musical instruction under the applied music program is charged a fee of $210 per credit hour. Music majors will be permitted to enroll in one course per semester at no charge but will be charged for a second course.

Medications: A student will be charged for the cost of prescription and non-prescription medicines prescribed by the health services staff.

Fines: Fines are charged for: failure to register automobiles, parking violations, late return of library books, checks returned as uncollectible, and disciplinary actions.

Damage to or Loss of College Property: Liability for damage or loss of College property located within individual residence hall rooms lies with the resident(s) of the room. When damage or loss of College property occurs in residence hall common areas (e.g., lounges, hallways, lobbies, bathrooms), Residential Life will make every effort to identify the individuals responsible and to bill them. In cases in which residential life staff determines that responsibility lies with the residents of a specific section of a residence hall, those students will be billed. When the individuals responsible for damage or loss of College property cannot be identified, the cost of repair or replacement is accumulated by the residence hall. At the end of each semester, Residential Life, in cooperation with the Physical Plant Department, determines the cost of all unidentified damage and loss of College property and bills the residents of each residence hall on a pro rata basis. Any conflicts regarding assignment of responsibility may be directed to the Judicial Board.

Payment of Bills
Statements for basic charges normally are mailed two to four weeks before they are due. Additional statements are furnished monthly for accounts with outstanding balances due and may be mailed to students as deemed necessary by the College.

Before students are permitted to register, accounts must be paid or satisfactory arrangements made with Student Financial Services. If the balance on the account is to be paid by an outside scholarship, a 30-day late fee waiver will be granted for the amount of the scholarship, but only if the student notifies Student Financial Services of this information prior to registration. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that all financial matters are resolved prior to registration. Payments are applied against charges in the order in which the charges appear on the student's account.

Students with unfulfilled financial obligations of $500 or more will not be allowed to transfer credits to other institutions or obtain academic transcripts or grades. Exceptions will be made for seniors wishing to obtain transcripts for graduate school enrollment.

The College does not accept either credit cards or post-dated checks for payment of student account charges. A fee of $15 is charged for any returned check.

Late Payment Fees
A late payment fee of 1.5 percent of an unpaid balance of $1,000 or more will be assessed at the first of each month for as long as such a balance remains unpaid. A balance must be 30 days old to be assessed a fee. Assessment dates for September and February will coincide with registration rather than with the first day of those months. In order to avoid late payment assessments, please allow ample time for mail delivery to Colby's Connecticut bank as Colby is not responsible for delays caused by mail delivery. Correspondence should be forwarded to Student Financial Services at the Waterville address (4130 Mayflower Hill) and should not be mailed to the lockbox address.

Loan and Payment Plans
The College makes available a number of loan and a payment plan. Those interested in such plans may contact Student Financial Services at 1-800-723-4033.

Refunds of Semester Charges for Voluntary Withdrawal
In cases of voluntary withdrawal during the period for which a student has been billed, a student may be eligible for a refund of basic charges as follows (except as outlined below):

Pro rata refunds of the basic charges will be made for students who withdraw upon advice from the College physician during the fall and spring semesters. (Refunds of basic charges are not granted to full-time students withdrawing during the January Program.) This refund policy applies to the regular academic program on campus and to all Colby off-campus programs.

The College offers an optional tuition refund insurance designed to reduce the financial loss caused by a medical withdrawal. Brochures are mailed in July to the billing address.

No refund will be made until the withdrawal/leave process established by the dean of students is completed.

Federal regulations determine the amount and the order in which federal loans and scholarships are to be refunded.

A refund of raw food costs for the period of the January Program is made to a student who has completed the first semester with a full 21-meal board contract and who does not live or eat on campus during the January Program. A request for this refund must be made to Student Financial Services by the end of the first semester. The refund will be credited to the student's account at the beginning of the second semester. No other refunds are made for students who elect not to do an on-campus January Program.

Future Tuition and Fees
The College projects that Colby costs likely will increase 1.5 percent to 3 percent per year above inflation in order to: maintain the real growth in salaries comparable to professionals outside of higher education; continue a financial aid grant program for about one third of all Colby students; maintain and update the College's physical plant and sophisticated equipment; and retain flexibility for currently unforeseen but essential investments that will be needed to keep Colby in the forefront of innovation and excellence in national liberal arts colleges.

General Information
Student Financial Services is located on the first floor of the Garrison-Foster Building. Staff members are available on weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to answer questions about student accounts, financial aid, student and parent loans, and College financial policies.