Order on Applying for Graduation - TESU

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I was told it is good for 1 year from when it is paid - whether you apply for graduation in September or December or March etc - it is still good for 1 year BUT it is not good for multiple degrees. You have to pay the residency waiver for each degree you apply for UNLESS you are getting both degrees at the same time. So if you want an AA and BA that is ok. Even two BAs are ok. But they have to be conferred at the EXACT same time. If you apply for September graduation and then decide to add an extra 24 credits in the AOS for a second degree to be conferred at a later time you are going to have to pay it again. But if you decide you want to pursue that second degree and you've already applied for graduation you can ask them to put your application "on hold" until you finish the rest of the courses. In that scenario it will be good for one year and you can get both degrees at the same time for the same residency waiver. If for some reason you don't finish up in that 1 year you'll be stuck paying it again. I've asked advising, the 1-800 #, the bursar etc and gotten the same explanation each time so I feel that its safer to err on the side of caution and go with the 1 year/1 degree. If for some reason they don't charge for the 2nd degree I think you are just getting lucky. And I would assume that all this will change again. I asked a lot of questions when they changed the tuition and residency waiver fees on April 1st and I've asked again within the last couple weeks. That is not to say that next month or six months from now the explanation will be the same.

Dumb question - why would anyone pay the RW before applying for graduation? What would be the point in paying that months ahead of time? It just doesn't make any sense to me. I wouldn't pay ANY fees ahead of time, let alone a very large fee.

And I don't mean paying a day or two before applying for graduation, but rather WAY ahead of graduation.