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students remain to make payments Three students were dropped from classes by the Registrar’s Office Saturday for failing to pay their minimum balances by Jan. 18 and have not made contact with the university, Controller Cheryl Wilson said Tuesday evening. Seven undergraduate students, out of 600 students that had unpaid minimum balances Jan. 11, were withdrawn from classes Saturday after they failed to make payment arrangements with Student Financial Services, Wilson said. Three other students resolved their payments Tuesday, Wilson said. She would not release the students’ names. She said TCU officials are working with one student who did not meet the deadline, but is trying to meet his/her financial obligations. “We have made every effort to reach these students,” she said. “If they would contact us we could make some kind of arrangement, but at this point it is our understanding they did not intend to return to TCU.” As of Friday morning, approximately 35 students remained on the non-payment list, Wilson said. Officials from Student Financial Services, Student Financial Aid, Campus Life and Residential Services called each student individually to remind them they would be withdrawn if their minimum balance was not received by 4 p.m., she said. Wilson said all but the seven students had paid their minimum balance, been approved for a loan, had their classes canceled or canceled their classes by the 4 p.m. deadline. “Those calls made a big difference,” Wilson said. “It was our last notice, but it was also our last opportunity to help them collect the funds. In many cases the students we spoke to Friday were desperately trying to get the money together. Understanding the circumstances gave us more flexiblity.” Wilson said students who have been dropped from classes are eligible to collect 75 percent of their tuition if they contact officials to declare an intent to withdraw before Jan. 28. If their balance is not paid by the semester’s final day to drop classes, March 20, students will be turned over to an independent collection agent, she said. “It is costly for the university to do that and it’s certainly not in the student’s best interest,” Wilson said. “We are really still hoping they will return our calls.” Jaime
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