What Happens After Registration

How Will I Know I've Been Enrolled?
What Health Information Will I Need to Provide?
How Do I Obtain an ID?
What If I Require Disabilities Services?
What If I Must Miss a Class?
What If I Must Miss a Class Due to Religious Observance?
What If My Course Is Canceled or the Schedule Changes?
How Do I Change the Credit/Noncredit Status of a Course?
What If I Need to Add/Drop a Course?
What If I Need to Withdraw from Summer School?
Tuition Adjustment Policy
Tuition Adjustment Schedule

How Will I Know I've Been Enrolled?
After enrollment on-line in SAGE, you will be able to view your course enrollments, classroom locations, and your student financial account through SAGE's Self-Service options.

If you are new to Brandeis this summer, part of the enrollment process will be the assignment of a SAGE username and password. After you have created an account with Brandeis, you will be emailed your personal SAGE log-in information. In SAGE you will be able to view your course enrollments, classroom locations, and your student financial account through SAGE's Self-Service options.

If a student applies by paper registration forms (for the Hebrew Language Summer Institute, as a visiting High School Student, or for the Bach Workshop for Violinists) you will be emailed to confirm receipt of your registration forms and your tuition payment.

Beginning in Summer '06, Brandeis degree candidates who enroll in Summer School courses will automatically have a new, non-degree career created for them in SAGE. When you log into SAGE after enrolling, you will see the new academic career under your existing Student ID. The new career will hold your summer courses separate from other degree work for two important reasons: you will get to decide whether you want the courses rolled over to your undergraduate degree; and, under the University's new residency requirement, this device will provide the University Registrar method for auditing how many summer courses you have applied to your undergraduate degree. At the end of the summer, you will be contacted by the University Registrar and asked to confirm which of your summer courses should be carried over to your undergraduate record.

What Health Information Will I Need to Provide?
Current Brandeis students have already provided this information and need not do so again.

If enrolling in a full-time program, part of your confirmation package will be a request for information regarding your health insurance coverage and your submission of a health record. These requirements are the result of legislation enacted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Participation in a health insurance program is mandatory for everyone enrolling in any Brandeis University program. If you are not enrolled in a health plan determined to be comparable to the minimum plan the Commonwealth mandates, the University is obliged to enroll you in and assess you for such a plan. The cost of this plan is modest. All health forms and records must be submitted before the Brandeis Summer School Program begins.

How Do I Obtain a Brandeis Student ID?
Current Brandeis students should already have a Brandeis ID. This ID is valid throughout the summer term.

All visiting students should plan to visit the Campus Card Office in Kutz Hall during the first week of classes to obtain a student ID.

Parking permits (if needed), and class location information are available in the Summer School Office. The Summer School Office is located on the second floor of Old South Street. Old South Street is located across from the Main Campus. We are L43 on the new Brandeis Campus Map.(PDF). As our office is located on the second floor, if you are planning to visit us and can not climb the stairs to reach us, please call ahead and we will happily reserve a conference room so we may meet with you on the first floor.

What If I Require Disabilities Services?
Brandeis University is committed to providing an environment that is equitable and accessible to all qualified students. Since admission to the University is based on the academic qualifications of the applicant, admissions procedures remain the same for all applicants, regardless of disability. The University provides reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Once accepted, a student must document a learning or physical disability at Brandeis to receive appropriate services.

To do this, after acceptance a student must have his or her records regarding the disability reviewed. Students seeking accommodations for a condition which can change over time, or which responds to medication, must provide current documentation (no more than three years old). A student seeking accommodation for a condition which does not likely change over time is encouraged to provide current documentation of his/her condition, but may seek a waiver of this currency requirement if the student's physician or licensed psychologist can document that re-testing is not medically necessary to re-evaluate the student's disability.

Appropriate accommodations are determined on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the coordinator, the faculty, and the student. Services such as housing assistance, extra time on exams, notetakers, alternative testing procedures, and special parking arrangements are examples of possible accommodations that might be utilized.

Gwenn Smaxwill, Rabb School Disability Coordinator
Phone: 781-736-3424
Fax: 781-736-8124
Office location: The Summer School Offices are located on the second floor of Old South Street. Old South Street is located across from the Main Campus. We are L43 on the new Brandeis Campus Map.(PDF). As our office is located on the second floor, if you are planning to visit us and can not climb the stairs to reach us, please call ahead and we will happily reserve a conference room so we may meet with you on the first floor.

What If I Must Miss a Class?
If you know you must miss a class, it is appropriate to discuss this with your instructor. In case of an emergency, contact the Summer School and we can try to notify your instructor.

What If I Must Miss a Class Due to Religious Observance?
The following applies to absences for religious observation: Section 2B of Chapter 151C of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that: "Any student (...) who is unable, because of his religious beliefs to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study or work requirement on a particular day shall be (so) excused...and shall be provided with an opportunity to make up such examination, study or work requirement which he may have missed because of absence on any particular day; provided, however, that such make-up examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon such school. No fees of any kind shall be charged...for making available to the said student such opportunity. No adverse or prejudicial effects shall result to any student because of his availing himself of the provisions of this section."

What If My Course Is Canceled or the Schedule Changes?
Since the Summer School is a self-supporting program, courses are canceled if they do not meet a minimum enrollment. The University reserves the right to substitute instructors, rearrange the order of lectures or change other program details when necessary. Students are encouraged to register at their earliest possible convenience, and no later than May 22 for Session I and June 26 for Session II, so that enrollment levels can be ascertained before the start of classes. Students who have enrolled in courses that are canceled due to low enrollment will be given the opportunity to enroll in another course or will receive a full tuition and fee adjustment.

How Do I Change the Credit/Noncredit Status of a Course?
To change credit/noncredit status, a student must complete and file a program change form via the Summer School Office in a time frame consistent with the dates posted in the Summer School Calendar.

What If I Need to Add/Drop a Course?
Switching courses is not recommended during the summer since the program is on an accelerated schedule. However, under extenuating circumstances, students are allowed to add/drop (a.k.a. swap) a course during the first week of instruction.

What If I Need to Withdraw from Summer School?
If, after registering, a student decides to withdraw from the Summer School Program, you may drop your courses online via SAGE until May 22 in Session I and Julne 26 in Session II. After that time students will submit their withdrawals in writing to the Summer School Office. If notification is by mail, the postmark is accepted as the effective date for refund purposes described below. Notification of withdrawal will be accepted via e-mail to summerschool@brandeis.edu if the message originates from the student and is confirmed in writing. Phone calls are not accepted as official notification of intent to withdraw. Refunds for withdrawing from a Summer School Class will be handled in accordance with the refund policy below.

Not attending class or failure to pay an outstanding balance do not constitute a withdrawal, nor is it sufficient to notify the instructor. Unless a student applies for official withdrawal by the published deadline, he or she will not receive a refund or adjustment of tuition and fees and receives a failing grade of "E" for a course whether classes were attended or not.

Registration Fees and Late Registration Fees are non-refundable unless a course is cancelled.

Tuition Adjustment Policy

• If a student drops a course before the first day of instruction, they will receive a 100% adjustment of tuition and course fees.
• If a student drops a course on the first day of the session, they will receive a 75% adjustment of tuition and course fees.
• If a student drops a course on the second day of the session, they will receive a 50% adjustment of tuition and course fees.
• If a student drops a course on the third day of the session, they will receive a 25% adjustment of tuition and course fees
• After the third day of the session, no adjustments will be made for any student changing status or withdrawing from courses.
• Such students will be permitted to transfer to another course within the same session.
• Registration Fees and Late Registration Fees are non-refundable except in the instance that the class is cancelled.

Tuition Adjustment Schedule