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Paying Fees and Applying Financial Aid

Students entering the International MBA program, whether entering the Global or Language Track may pay fees on line with a credit card (Master Card or Discover) or by check submitted to: The Bursar's Office, USC, Petigru Building, Columbia, SC 29208. Payment MUST be made by the first day of class each semester, or your class schedule will be dropped from the system. Whichever method of payment you choose, if you are receiving financial aid, you must apply that aid on line using the VIP system before you can receive the overage or pay the difference. VIP may show you have "available financial aid" or "pending financial aid". If your aid is pending, you may still follow the VIP process to apply aid to pay fees; however, your overage check will not be disbursed until the aid is "available" which simply means it has arrived at the University. That overage will then be mailed to your address per the USC database, or direct deposited into your bank account. If VIP shows that a check needs to be endorsed, you should contact Student Loan Accounting, room 207 in the Petigru Building (corner of Pickens and Green Streets) or call 1-802-777-6749.

Outlined below are step-by-step instructions for applying your financial aid and paying your USC fees.

Go to VIP (Visual Information Processing) at https://vip.sc.edu

Click on login at the end of the first paragraph.

Step 1:

Enter your nine digit student ID with no spaces or hyphens. This is your Social Security Number. If you are an international student, it is your "999" ID number that has been assigned to you.

Step 2:

Enter your four digit pin number.

If you have never used VIP, your pin number will be the two-digit month and day of your birthday. For example (January 25th = a pin number of 0125).
If you have used VIP, then you should know your PIN.

Step 3:

Click on Login
Click on the Financial tab on the side of the page.
Click on Show me Fees, Tuition, and Payment

Change the term to reflect the session for which you would like to apply aid and pay fees.
Your current charges will appear on the screen.
You should also see Payment Information such as your available financial aid and your pending financial aid.
You can click on show details to see more information.

Step 4:

Click on Pay Fees at the bottom of the page

It will tell you if your available aid will cover your fees.
If not, you will have to select how to pay the difference.
You can pay with a credit card by entering your account number and expiration date, there will be a fee for using MasterCard, generally $25 and 2% respectively. American Express and VISA are not accepted for payment of fees, unless otherwise noted on the Bursar's web site.

Click Continue to agree to this charge and continue the payment process

If you have more financial aid than is needed to pay your fees - your overage check will either be mailed to you or deposited into your bank account, if you have filled out the necessary direct deposit forms.
Read the financial aid confirmation statement and click on Continue to apply your aid for the current semester.
The screen will show that your payment of $XXXX.XX has been completed.
Your available and/or advanceable financial aid has been applied to your bill.

IMPORTANT: Make a note of your transaction number - this will be important in case there is a problem later

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