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What application should someone complete if they want to take a few classes at BMCC without enrolling in a degree program?
What is the non-degree application?
This document shows the amount a student owes for tuition, fees, and other charges each semester.
What is an E-bill?
What website allows current and former students to order official transcripts and get copies of their diplomas?
What is Parchment?
This free application must be completed each academic year to determine eligibility for most federal, state, and institutional financial aid.
What is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
Name an action taken by the admissions office to add BMCC to someone’s CUNY application.
What is reallocation?
Students who cannot pay their tuition all at once may enroll in this option to spread payments over time.
What is a tuition payment plan?
If a student’s Social Security number is incorrect in CUNYfirst, what two documents must they give the Registrar’s Office to update it?
What are a signed Social Security card and a state-issued ID or passport?
A student receives this type of federal grant that generally does not have to be repaid and is awarded primarily based on financial need.
What is the Federal Pell Grant?
What part of CUNYfirst allows students to check their transfer credits?
What is “View Transfer Credit Report” in Course Planning and Enrollment?
A student submits residency documentation after the published deadline for the semester. Unless an approved exception applies, the student is generally charged this tuition rate.
What is the non-resident tuition rate?
The National Student Clearinghouse provides enrollment and degree verification services for BMCC. How many hours a day can callers use its services?
What is 24 hours a day?
This verification process may require students to submit tax information, family size documentation, or proof of identity before financial aid can be finalized.
What is FAFSA Verification?
What is Problem solving ?
What tools can students use to see how their credits might transfer from CUNY to CUNY?
What are “Transfer What If” on DegreeWorks and CUNY Transfer Explorer?
A student drops a course after the official refund deadline but before the semester ends. Although the class no longer appears on the student's schedule, the tuition charge generally remains because of this institutional policy.
What is the BMCC tuition refund schedule?
Veterans, children of CUNY/NYC employees, and others may qualify for in-city tuition even if they live outside New York State. What are these types of students called?
What are exempt groups?
If a student stops attending classes but never officially withdraws, BMCC may be required to determine this date before calculating financial aid eligibility.
What is the Last Date of Attendance?
Can science credits earned over ten years ago transfer to BMCC?
What is yes if the student obtains departmental approval?
Before the Bursar can bill an outside agency or employer for a student's tuition, the office must receive this official authorization from the sponsoring organization.
What is a third-party authorization letter/voucher)?
Students who need visa invitation letters for family members attending graduation must provide the Registrar’s Office with what two pieces of information?
What is their full name as shown on their passport, and their relationship to the student?
Beginning with the 2024–25 FAFSA, this replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as the federal measure used to determine financial aid eligibility.
What is the Student Aid Index?