TESU Capstone Registration

[Merlin]

When does one pay the residency waiver fee? After clearing the Capstone? Also, does anyone know if it can be cleared in installments? For example, if I cleared like $ 733 each month as I am taking the Capstone, then it will all be done by the time my capstone is finished.

I believe TESU expects you pay your residency waiver fee at or around the same time that you apply for graduation. I found this odd since they don't actually remind you of this when you submit the graduation application, nor do they provide a means for a student to pay the residency waiver directly. You either have to call the bursar's office to pay it over the phone or submit a ticket to the bursar's office to request a code to pay it online.

Technically, as long as the fee is paid before your degree audit takes place that is good enough. However, if you wait until after the audit happens and they flag you for failing to meet residency requirements, you could be automatically bumped to the next graduation date before you have the chance to fix it. Degree audits begin around 3 weeks after the application cutoff date and are completed in applicant order.

In my case, I submitted my graduation application on 12/25 (cutoff was Jan 1st), paid my residency waiver on 1/15 and received confirmation of the completion of my degree audit on 2/6.

As for paying it in installments, I don't know if they have an installment plan but FYI making online (credit card) payments has a fee. So unless there is some way for you to send in a check or something you'll end up paying an extra fee each time you submit a payment, which will add up after a while. Personally, my recommendation is to just start putting aside money into a savings account each pay period so by the time you're ready to graduate you'll have it all together, and maybe a tiny bit of interest as well. That also has the benefit that if you change your mind and delay your graduation date, or an emergency comes up, that you won't already be out a huge chunk of money.