Really naive question regarding tuition payment schedule

arabrab
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:27:48 +0000

Check with your college – and then check with the housing office. At D’s school, each has a different schedule of payment due dates.

Also, we were very surprised to find that the 529 plan we participate in can take several weeks to get a check sent to the college, and the college considers it late if it isn’t at the finance office by the due date. We request the disbursement 21 days before the payment is due. I set up a set of calendar reminders for the whole school year, and then went back and added in the earlier ones for the 529 disbursements once we learned there was a problem with the timing.