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Tuition Rebates for Certain Undergraduates

An undergraduate may be eligible for a tuition rebate of up to $1000 if, at graduation, he or she has attempted no more than three semester hours beyond the minimum number of hours required for the degree. The student must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• The student must not have been enrolled at any institution of higher education before the fall semester of 1997.
• At the time he or she earns a first undergraduate degree, the student must have attempted no more than three semester hours beyond the minimum number of hours required for the degree. Hours attempted include:

1. All courses the student has undertaken, such as transfer credit, courses the student dropped or from which the student withdrew after the date the official enrollment count was taken.
2. Developmental courses taken for credit.
3. Optional internship and cooperative education courses.
4. Courses the student failed.
5. Courses the student repeated.
6. If the student has earned credit by examination for more than nine hours of coursework, the hours in excess of nine are also counted as hours attempted.

NOTE: Courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally beyond the control of the student shall not be counted.

• The student must have attempted all coursework at a Texas public institution of higher education.
• The student must have been a Texas resident and must have been eligible to pay resident tuition at all times while pursuing the degree.
• The Application for Tuition Rebate must be submitted before the official date of graduation.

Spring 2007
Deadline to apply: May 18, 2007

Summer 2007
Deadline to apply: August 13, 2007

Fall 2007
Deadline to apply: December 23, 2007

TO APPLY: In order to apply for a tuition rebate, go to the College of Natural Sciences, Student Division, WCH 1.106 to pick up a form or download the Tuition Rebate Application Form. Applications for tuition rebates may be submitted in person at WCH 1.106 or may be mailed to:

The University of Texas at Austin
College of Natural Sciences, Student Division
Application for Tuition Rebate
1 University Station G2500
Austin, TX 78712-1199

The form should be completed at the same time the student applies for graduation.