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Tuition Loans Who qualifies for an Emergency and Installment Tuition Loans? Any student enrolled at the university for the current semester NOT receiving any type of Financial Aid. A tuition loan is not based on credit. The loans are available as long as there is funding. The loan only pays mandatory fees. The interest rate is 5 percent annually. It must be repaid during the semester in which the loan is obtained. Loans are available to resident, non-resident and international students. Funding for funding available for out-of-state and international students is limited. Emergency Loan FAQs Emergency Loans for Spring 2007 will be available for students beginning January 2, 2007. The Emergency Tuition Loan for Spring 2007 covers half your tuition and fee charges EXCEPT: student general property deposit fees add/drop fees late fees health insurance parking decals traffic fines library fines The remainder of your tuition charges, excluding the aforementioned fees, is automatically placed on the Installment Tuition Plan Loan in two equal installments DUE February 19, 2007 and March 26, 2007. There is a $17.00 service fee for using the Tuition Installment Loan Plan. You are allowed only one outstanding Emergency Tuition Loan per semester. If classes are added after this process, you are responsible for making payment in full for the additional classes. If classes are dropped after obtaining a tuition loan, your account balance will automatically be adjusted. The Emergency Tuition Loan is all due April 16, 2007. Make payments at the Student Business Services Office located in the Academic Services Building. If you are planning to use financial aid to pay the Emergency Tuition Loan, please be aware that any aid awarded will first be applied to outstanding tuition and fees (including installment payments). If you receive a check for any remaining balances, it is your responsibility to verify whether your Tuition Loans and/or Tuition and Fees have been paid. This can be done by checking the Goldmine website GOLDMINE Student Records Account Summary by Term section or contacting the Student Business Services Office at 747-5105. Be aware that failure to repay either the emergency tuition loan and/or the installment tuition loan by the due dates, will result in your account being forwarded to a collection agency unless you make repayment arrangements with authorized personnel at Student Business Services prior to the end of the term. Important! Emergency Tuition/Book Loans are subject to availability of funds. You must be 18 or over to use this process. Any applicant under the age of 18 must contact the Office of Student Financial Aid (747-5055) for information. If you have any outstanding balances, they must be cleared with the Student Business Services Office (747-5105) before beginning this process. Read and follow all instructions carefully. For your records, immediately print any pages you are prompted to print during the process. To verify that your Emergency Tuition Loan and Installment Plan Loan have been processed, check the Goldmine website (www.goldmine.utep.edu). Please read the following statement carefully. I understand any suspected fraud will be reported to the appropriate authorities and the Office of the Attorney General. Such information as false or fictitious driver license, name, addresses and telephone numbers will be considered as an attempt of fraud. If you purposely give false or misleading information on this application, school administrators may also sanction you with disciplinary action. By clicking on the following link, you confirmed to have read and understood the instructions and statement above. Common Errors/Troubleshooting If you do not have a drivers license number issued in United States, please enter 8 zeros. You will need the complete name/address/telephone of two references. These references cannot be living at the same address and at least one must be a U. S. address.(For State please Abbreviate two letters Example Texas TX.) You will need your employer's name/address/telephone if you are currently employed. Enter CHI for the city if you are from Mexico. If you are attempting to process your emergency loan from home and use Road Runner you may experience problems with the site. If this occurs, try using a computer that uses a different internet provider. Payment Notification UTEP has implemented an e-mail system to notify students of installment plans and emergency loan payment deadlines. These will be sent only to students that have elected the installment payment plan or have received an emergency loan. Student Business Services, will no longer mail bills to remind students of upcoming installment plans deadlines or emergency loan payment deadlines during the term. Please note that this notification will only be sent to "UTEP.EDU" e-mail addresses. We will continue to mail a term charge bill that provides the class schedule and tuition and fees assessed for that semester via US postal service, . To verify that your Emergency Tuition Loan and Installment Plan Loan have been processed, check the Goldmine website GOLDMINE . Book Loans Books loans will be available beginning January 16, 2007 for Spring 2007. The book loan is posted as credit on your Miner Gold Card with which you can then go to the University Bookstore and purchase your books and/or supplies. This loan is available the first day of class. The loan is available if student has paid tuition and is not receiving financial aid refund greater than $250.00. The maximum amount of the book loan is for $250.00. They will be offered as long as there is funding. The service charge on this loan is $10.00. Who is eligible for a book loan? Student must be registered. Student must have made payment arrangements for tuition. Student must present I.D./Student I.D. Student must not have received a refund for $250 or more of Financial Aid. Student must have all outstanding debts paid off or provide proof of a current satisfactory repayment agreement from the Office of Student Business Services. Student must be cleared from all administrative holds. Book loans are posted on Miner Gold Cards and can only be used at the UTEP bookstore.