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Greek Housing (per term, shared room) ................................................... $4,000-$4,250.00
Hilltop Apartments (per term, standard occupancy)..............................................$4,650.00
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Private room may be available at additional cost
Meals
Students are required to participate in a meal plan during regular and summer terms;
enrollment is optional during the Exploration term. The plans vary according to meal
access and amount of “panther bucks,” which can be used at food service locations
outside the cafeteria by presenting a Birmingham-Southern campus card.
Seven Day All Access Plan plus 100 panther bucks (per term) ............................$2,597.00
Five Day All Access Plan plus 400 panther bucks (per term) ...............................$2,525.00
Apartment Plan, 150 meals plus 750 panther bucks (per term).............................$2,004.00
Commuter Plan, 300 panther bucks ..........................................................................$300.00
Exploration term (optional).......................................................................................$300.00
In case of a lost campus card, the student is responsible for notifying the Bursar’s Office
immediately to stop any unauthorized use of the card. If the Bursar’s Office is notified,
the student may be responsible for no more than $50 in unauthorized charges. There is a
fee for replacing a lost campus card. There is no fee for replacing a damaged or illegible
card upon presentation of that card to the Bursar’s Office.
Refunds
A student dropping all courses should refer to the policies for withdrawal in the
“Withdrawal from the College” section and the “Implications of Withdrawal” section of
this catalog. No adjustment of charges is made after the third week of a fall or spring term
or after the first week of a summer term.
Students who withdraw or who are expelled from the College within the first three weeks
of a regular term or the first week or a summer term may be entitled to a partial refund of
tuition and fees. Tuition and fee refunds are made only upon the receipt of a completed
official withdrawal form. Tuition and fees include tuition, student government fee,
information technology fee, course fees, and campus housing and meal plan fees.
Refunds are granted for any withdrawal during a fall or spring term, including
withdrawals for medical reasons, according to the following schedule: for withdrawals
completed by the end of week one, 80% of the student’s charges are refunded; end of
week two, 60%; end of week three, 40%, and 0% thereafter. For summer term,
withdrawals completed by the end of week one, 50% of the student’s charges are
refunded; 0% thereafter. A week is calculated from the first day of the term, as shown in
the Academic Calendar.