Residency waiver fee payment means no cornerstone (TESU)

[dfrecore]

I wrote advising the following: "1. My understanding is that I have to pay a Residency waiver fee. I was not charged that fee when I enrolled. When and how do I pay that fee? 2. Also, an advisor and the registrar's office told a friend that if a student pays the residency waiver fee fee that the Cornerstone is waived. How would I go about getting mine waived after I pay the fee?"

Their response to me was "The residency waiver fee is paid before graduation. You are enrolled in the 2017 degree requirements. The Cornerstone course requirement is not able to be waived for students in those degree requirements." They did not offer an appeal option. I wonder how I could get the cornerstone waived (even though I have already enrolled in it).

There is no way that TESU will know to charge you the residency fee until you transfer in all of your credits and apply for graduation. If they charged the fee to you up front, they couldn't be sure that you weren't planning on taking the 16cr there. Plus, who would want to pay that in advance, without knowing with 100% certainty that you were going to finish your degree there?

There was an email sent to someone on this forum that said the cornerstone is waived for anyone transferring in 104cr at enrollment, and anyone who is under the previous catalogs is grandfathered in. But, if you already enrolled in the current catalog, then you're subject to the cornerstone. I'm guessing that you may be able to get it waived if you bring in a lot of credit and only need to take the capstone. But I wouldn't worry about it until you get close to graduation.