URGENT: Fee Payment Anomaly

[skhann]

Just wanted to make sure the fee payment has to be made before the deadline? The application is in the submitted phase but the fee has yet to be paid as there was confusion over the waiver status. I'm still waiting out for reply. Asking if I should pay the fee before the deadline tonight or wait it out? P.S. It's the Vanderbilt University application and the interface is the standard where boxes are checked for the materials submitted and the option to add additional docs etc.

[Soon2BePhD]

2 hours ago, skhann said:

Just wanted to make sure the fee payment has to be made before the deadline? The application is in the submitted phase but the fee has yet to be paid as there was confusion over the waiver status. I'm still waiting out for reply. Asking if I should pay the fee before the deadline tonight or wait it out? P.S. It's the Vanderbilt University application and the interface is the standard where boxes are checked for the materials submitted and the option to add additional docs etc.

I am not sure which program you are applying to or what the correct course of action should be in your situation. However, if it helps any, I do know that they can refund application fees paid by applicants if the department head requests it (at least in regards to apps submitted through the Vanderbilt Graduate School Application). It can take a while though to get the refund back.

If you need the money soon, it might be better to just wait it out but if you're worried about the deadline and don't have financial concerns, might be better to go ahead and get peace of mind by having all the boxes checked by the deadline.

[skhann]

@Soon2BePhD Thanks for your reply. Yes, I went ahead and paid the fee anyway. They eventually replied and said they failed to update information on the Polt.Sci program page where it was earlier mentioned there was a total fee waiver for all. Wondering whey they didn't update it earlier. Major offense in my dictionary and a total lack of transparency. I don't know whether they had this waiver earlier and retracted it.