Cost & Aid

I plan to live at home. Why am I paying the Career Services Fee, Intercollegiate Athletic Fee, Recreation Fee, Student Health and Counseling Fee and Student Association Fee when I don’t have access to these services?

Mandatory fees are charged to all students to support several college activities and services. These fees are assessed to all enrolled students and are essential for the college to operate. Mandatory fees are not user-based fees and students are encouraged to take advantage of the benefits these fees provide. For Fall 2020, both the Athletic Fee and Recreation Fee have been reduced by 50%. The Student Association Fee has been reduced by 20%. For Spring 2021, the Athletic Fee has been reduced by 25% and the Student Association Fee has been reduced by 48%.

In addition, services have been transitioned to remote service so that students can access:

• Recreation fitness programs: Group exercise classes will continue to be offered to all students virtually.
• Career services staff and service can be accessed remotely, including: individual career coaching through appointments and drop-in hours; access to a career portal (Handshake) for job/internship postings and resume/cover letter feedback; industry-specific websites and databases; opportunities to practice interviewing, and support for applying to graduate school. In addition, several major events are scheduled, including a Part-Time Job Fair, Graduate and Professional School Fair and Career Fair.
• Student health and counseling will continue to offer and expand upon the remote counseling offerings.
• Student Association has moved much of its programming for students to virtual programming and events. All club meetings will be held remotely so that all students can participate.

Will I lose my scholarship that requires on-campus residence if I move off-campus?

• Yes, you will. You must live on campus if you have a scholarship that requires on-campus residence. If you do not, the college will cancel this scholarship and you would be responsible for any outstanding balance that resulted from this.
• You may become eligible again when you return to on-campus housing and meet all other conditions of the grant.
• If you are from the North Country, you also have the option to live at home whether your coursework is fully online or in person.

Will I lose my Welcome to New York Grant that requires on-campus residence if I move off campus?

• Yes, you will. You must live on campus if you have a Welcome to New York Grant that requires on-campus residence. If you do not, the college will cancel this grant and you would be responsible for any outstanding balance that resulted from this.
• This grant is provided to students by the college out of its dormitory fund. Accordingly, the general purpose is guided toward on-campus housing and meal costs.
• On-campus housing and meals typically make up more than half of the cost of education each semester. These grants do not pay for the full cost of on-campus housing and meals but are able to fund only a portion of that cost each semester.
• Students whose course work has transitioned to online formats or otherwise choose to not live on-campus are not eligible for this grant because they are not paying for these on-campus housing and meal costs.
• You may become eligible again when you return to on-campus housing and meet all other conditions of the grant.

• Yes, you will. You must live on campus if you have a Campus Community Award that requires on-campus residence. If you do not, the college will cancel this award and you would be responsible for any outstanding balance that resulted from this.
• This award is provided to students by the college out of its dormitory fund. Accordingly, the general purpose is guided toward on-campus housing and meal costs.
• On-campus housing and meals typically make up more than half of the cost of education each semester. These awards do not pay for the full cost of on-campus housing and meals but are able to fund only a portion of that cost each semester.
• Students whose course work has transitioned to online formats or otherwise choose to not live on campus are not eligible for this award because they are not paying for these on-campus housing and meal costs.
• You may become eligible again when you return to on-campus housing and meet all other conditions of the award.