Services and Policies for the REACH Program

Payments to the Student and Rent Accounts are made to the Student Accounting Office. Please be sure to include your student id number with your payment. Payment can be made in person at the Student Accounting Office located in the south end of the A. T. Olson Chapel Building, by mail, over the phone or email, or by placing a check in the drop box outside our entrance in the Chapel Lobby. We accept cash, checks, money orders, Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Students may cash checks up to $200 dollars a week.

Refund Policy: Dropping Courses

Before changing from full-time to part-time status, you should contact the Financial Aid Office as this may have a significant impact on the amount of aid received. To receive loans you must be at least half time (6 hours). MAP Grant eligibility is prorated below 15 credit hours.

Trinity Refund Policy: Official Withdrawal

If you are withdrawing for any given semester, contact the REACH Office. 

Payment Information

FAILURE TO PAY TUITION DOES NOT CANCEL REGISTRATION.
Students are responsible for officially withdrawing if they choose not to return to Trinity. 

Payment Plan Information

A three- to six-month payment plan is available depending upon the number of months remaining in the semester. Payments are due on the first of each month. Statements are mailed on the 15th. Payment and a signed payment plan form are both required to be enrolled in a plan. Payment plans are ONLY valid for one semester. A 1% fee will be charged for any outstanding balance even those on a payment plan. See our page How to Pay for information on Employer Reimbursement.

Students must be current on an established payment plan or be paid in full in order to register for the next semester or to receive transcripts. 

Payment Plan Terms and Conditions

Payment plan participants are charged a 1% deferment fee on the last business day of each month. A $25 LATE FINE is charged for any payments received more than 10 days late. Any future adjustments to the student's account, such as tuition increase or decrease, financial aid, or fines are the responsibility of the TAPP participant as detailed on the statement of activity mailed on the 15th of each month. Any student with a balance that is not paid in full will not be registered for the next semester. Please contact (847) 317-8149 if you have any questions.

Payment in Full Information

If you have elected to pay in full, please note that your student account may accrue additional charges or credits over the course of the semester due to any fines assessed, or any changes in financial aid. You will receive a monthly statement reflecting changes on the student account. Please pay according to this statement. Any student with a balance that is not paid in full will not be able to register for the next semester.

Credit Balances

A student is eligible to receive any credit on his or her student account once all charges and fees have been paid. A check must be requested by the student (Contact Us) and has a maximum turn around time of 5 business days from the day that funds are received on the student account. At the beginning of a semester, estimated credits resulting from financial aid or loans will not be available until the funds have been receipted to your student account. 

Financial Aid

The Financial Aid Office cannot request or certify loans until entrance counseling and promissory notes have been completed. These can be completed online. Please contact the Financial Aid Office with how to do this and with any financial aid questions (Financial Aid).

Statements and Bills

Monthly statements of activity are generated for all students who have a balance at the end of the month or activity within the month.  All balances must be paid in full in order for the student to register for subsequent semesters.

Students must update address, phone and email information to insure notices are received in a timely manner. The student is responsible for any fines or fees assessed if updated information is not given to the Student Accounting Office.

The Student Accounting Office uses the GroupWise Messaging system for notification of important information and deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility to check their GroupWise account.

Deferment Fees

Deferment fees of 1% are charged to accounts on the last day of the month that have an outstanding balance. Deferment fees are not assessed for charges posted to the student account within the month (e.g. charges posted in August will not receive a deferment fee until the last day of September). The student will have received notice of the charge via a statement prior to a deferment fee being assessed.

TIU Check Cashing Policy

• Current students may cash checks for up to $200 a week.
• You may only cash checks made out to yourself or a personal check made out to Trinity. Checks made out to Trinity by a church/organization or to a friend will not be cashed.
• Your student ID number should be written on the front of the check.
• Please be prepared to show your Trinity ID card.
• If you have a balance due on your student account and the check to be cashed is greater than $200, the $200 will be cashed but the remainder will go toward the balance. This amount will not be available at a later date.
• If you have a zero balance or a credit on your student account and the check to be cashed is greater than $200, the $200 will be cashed immediately and the remainder may be received from your student account in subsequent weeks.
• Student Accounting will not generate checks from church support if there is a balance on your student account.