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Show ·- - Installtnent tuition paytnent can help students with costs the $50 or $100 fee to students on top of their tuition," said Brinkerhoff. Under this plan, students will sign a Semester conversion has people contract to pay in installments before concerned about the restructuring of the beginning of the quarter. SUU's curriculum, but many students Brinkerhoff said that the university is are more worried about the financial much more flexible than an aspects of the change. independent agency because SUU While students will not be paying a doesn't require minimum payments. significant amount more for tuition and "Our prepayment plan makes it so we fees for the entire year, they will have don't have to charge people interest," to pay all of it in two lump sums rather said Brinkerhoff. than three, said Rex Mitchie, director of Weber State University has a similar financial aid. This could present a more program called Tuition-by-10, said than small burden to Celeste Killian, students. cashier at Weber State. "It's a legitimate The program at concern when you have to cough up Weber is done $1,000 instead of through Key Bank. Students pay Key $600 all at once," said Wes Brinkerhoff, head Bank in ten monthly installments, starting cashier, "but with proper planning it in June. Killian said hopefully won't be that there is no interest charge for too much of a burden." -.t'' using the program, suu, like many but there is a $40 higher education 1 · ' application fee. institutions in Utah, Payments that are has set up a J · late are subject to late prepayment plan to .a.Lcharges. suu also has an help students deal with having to pay t1111· emergency loan ..i. &LI.• program. such a large sum of money at the "Students who are !L.;_ ·unable to pay their beginning of each quarter. tuition all in full at "We will still insist that students the beginning of the quarter, can use have their accounts paid in full at the the emergency loan program," said beginning of·the quarter," Brinkerhoff Brinkerhoff. The loan will allow the student to said. In the past, SUU has tried using pay off their tuition during the quarter, independent agencies to contract and and will have a $15 application fee, collect student fees and tuition. These and a nominal interest rate, said agencies would allow students to pay Brinkerhoff. them a fee, and then payment of "Interest payments I've seen are tuition and fees would be broken into between three and seven dollars," said installments that the students would Brinkerhoff. Semester conversion is just around pay the agencies by the beginning of the qua.rter, according to Brinkerhoff. the comer, and according to "We've decided to do it in house this Brinkerhoff, SUU has tried to do time. The advantage of doing it ineverything it can to help students deal :"'ith the change. house is that we don't have to charge - . •. •. at By D.W. ANDERSON ffi O ·cial.S Say it'S a legitimate CODCern When students have to come un with $1 000 tw1·ce a vear., rather th an $600 uuee es pe·-r ye"".... . It's Ra1n1ng Money SENIOR STAFF WRITER ------.1..------ . MATRIXX!!! MATRIXX lS OFFERING:- OUR NEW Tuition Assistance Program upro $1600 /yr. 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