Tuition on line today?

Mookie1969 · 07-14-2009, 08:59 AM

I thought that the tuition bill was suppose to be on line today. I just looked and nothing. Anyone know anything?

pierre0913 · 07-15-2009, 12:55 AM

It said that THE EARLIEST tuition would be posted online is July 14th. However, the room and board costs are going to be confirmed at the board of trustees meeting on July 19th so it would probably be unlikely that the bill goes up anytime before that.

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 10:44 AM

Tuition bill is posted

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 11:39 AM

yes! got that prediction right

just to let you know, if you want to add a meal plan (which you do) or a PO Box in the mail office (if you want to get any mail), you need to go to the university bill, go to the bottom of the page where it says "Manage University Account" and go to the bottom of the next page where there will be options to do that.

I'm looking at $16,600 for this semester including books, good thing it isn't more.

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 12:19 PM

No suprise there, you were right Pierre lol.

I did not know you had to pay for P.O. Box for mail...so if you dont get this you cant receive mail? Also, once you check that you want it, is it automatically set up for you?

Tiger Stripe Account? Pros/Cons...yes or no?

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 12:20 PM

PS...$16,405 without books ...thank goodness my daughter just graduated, one at a time is better (not good, but better

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 12:37 PM

yeah if you don't get a PO Box, where are they going to send your mail?
or as an upperclassmen nicely put it when i asked him about the PO Box: do you want mail next year?
They should probably set it up for you and give you the key after you pay for it but i don't know the specifics.

TigerStripe = money that you deposit onto your students Tiger 1 Card (student ID he got at orientation) and you can use it for laundry, off campus dining facilities, buying textbooks stuff like that

Paw points = money that you buy from dining services that is also on your Tiger 1 Card. However, paw points and TigerStripe money is NOT the same, just too different accounts. You use Paw points only at on-campus dining services run facilities like Fernow Street, East Side Food Court, convenience stores run by Aramack. The advantage of using paw points over cash is that you don't pay the 7% sales tax with paw points and if you buy $100 or more worth of paw points at a time, you get a 5% discount (so you could pay $95 for $100 worth of paw points).

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 12:38 PM

by the way what meal plan are you thinking of getting? I am thinking of getting the unlimited plan. (btw, the unlimited plus plan is a rip-off)
or the Any 15 Plus plan since I may not have enough time in my schedule to eat lunch

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 01:01 PM

Why are the unlimited "plus" plans a rip off? That is what I have for JT right now. If I agree with you, can I still change?

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 01:12 PM

Alright let me explain (I may be missing something here so correct me if I'm wrong)

Unlimited Plan: $1,321
Unlimited Plus Plan: $1,495 (includes $175 in paw points)

Now lets say you get the unlimited plan and separately buy $175 in paw points (by the way the difference between the unlimited plan and unlimited plus plan is $174). Since the paw points purchase is greater than $100, you would save 5% on the $175 purchase which means that buying paw points separately would cost $1,487.25 saving you $7.75 haha

just keep the plan you have right now and don't bother changing haha, unless you want the $7.75 savings lol (sorry I'm thinking like a frugal college kid right now)

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 01:20 PM

I love frugal! I wish my kids knew the word! haha

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 01:22 PM

So do you think it is a good idea to get Tiger Stripe money or will a debit card serve the same purpose?

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 01:34 PM

hmm that really depends on what you think JT will be spending money on

here's a list of places you can use the TigerStripe account on-campus: Clemson University : Where is TigerStripe Accepted On-Campus? : Where is TigerStripe Accepted On-Campus?
(remember you would rather use Paw Points over Tiger Stripes for on campus dining)

and off-campus: Clemson University : Where is TigerStripe Accepted Off-Campus? : Where is TigerStripe Accepted Off-Campus?

I got a Bank of America Red Sox debit card yesterday (tried it out today at staples) but I don't really know how many times I will need it since you can go to Bi-Lo, CVS and other off campus stores and use the TigerStripe card, I'll have to see what my spending figures are the first month of campus and decide from there how much to put in my debit card vs. tigerstripe

Mookie1969 · 07-20-2009, 01:47 PM

Hahahaha...JT just got his Bank of America Mets card last week...(be nice now, remember 1986...well you werent born yet but I'm sure you've heard lol)

pierre0913 · 07-20-2009, 01:56 PM

haha of course I know what 1986 is but we forgave Buckner on opening day all that matters for me is the present and eh the last few years haven't been too kind to the Mets

got that MLB card because of some special thing you could do with Keep The Change? (don't exactly remember), would've gotten a Clemson card if they actually had one out of the college cards they offer