What will TAMS cost? It Depends

Student’s choices cause variations in the cost of the program per student. Some of the choices include:

• Track/elective courses
• Meal plans
• Activities/ Personal needs
• Transportation needs

Estimated Cost of Attendance

Below is an estimated cost of attendance for the purpose of providing an example. Again, some costs will vary depending on the student’s choices.

*2018-2019 estimates based on a 17-hour class load fall & spring. Each student can calculate a more personalized tuition/fee estimate using the tuition and fees estimator at the following link: https://sfs.unt.edu/tuition-and-fee-calculators

**Estimate: For a more accurate individual amount please go to housing rates to see McConnell Hall’s rate and choices of food plans

*** TAMS provides books for students

What TAMS Pays for:

1. Books- these are provided by TAMS for each semester.
2. $9,500 of tuition and fees per year. The TAMS scholarship amount will remain the same for the duration of both years.
3. TAMS provides a supplemental scholarship to cover for “unmet need”. Unmet need is the cost of TAMS attendance minus your estimated family contribution, minus any awards, scholarships, or grants. You must complete the FAFSA to be considered for a supplemental TAMS scholarship and other forms of financial aid. If you qualify, an email will be sent to student and parent. Awards are disbursed separately for the fall and spring semesters.

Charges Break Down

Room and Board (Housing)

The TAMS Dean's Office should always be your first point of contact if you have any Housing questions. Please contact Cortney Watson at 940.565.2437 or cortney.watson@unt.edu.

Students must fill out a Housing application online each year at the Housing site.

First-year students may begin filling out their Housing Application after they have been admitted to TAMS. TAMS Admissions will notify them and send their "EUID." On "ehousing," click on "Create my Account"" in the green column on the left.

Second-year (returning students to TAMS) may begin their Housing Application in January for the following year (For example, January 2018 for Fall 2018/Spring 2019). In "ehousing," click on "Apply Now" in the green column on the left. The application must be filled out before room assignments are made in the summer.

Prepayment of $400 is due within ten days of completion of the application (no later than July 1, 2018). $350 will go towards the first room and board payment in the fall and the remaining $50 is an administrative processing fee for Housing and is non-refundable. Otherwise a new application will have to be completed.

Applications should be complete before room assignments can be made.

Housing does not send out reminders for payments due. Students are expected to pay online and on time. Please mark your calendar.

Housing payments can be made by logging into the student's account at my.unt.edu.

Housing will send any balances at the end of each semester to student accounting which will block student records. If the balance is sent to student accounting for collection it will no longer show on the housing web site and will need to be paid at studentaccounting.unt.edu/payments.

Housing will post the Fall 2018 charges a few weeks before school begins in the fall semester (August), and the Spring 2019 charges a few weeks before school begins in the spring semester (January).

For current housing rate information please see the UNT rate guide.

Program Charge (non-refundable)

The program charge is to help cover additional costs due to the unique needs and services in the TAMS program. The current charge is $2500 annually, the amount will remain unchanged for both years in TAMS. Payment is due on September 1 of each year.

Student Activities Charge

Each student is required to pay a charge of $100 per year. This accumulation of charges is used for the funding of all the organizations and activities sponsored by Student Activities. For example: portions of the charge are used to subsidize fall and spring orientation, Family Weekend, Prom and After Prom, Rose cutting and Student Life Awards, weekend trips, student conferences and the countless number of activities.

Personal Expenses, including Travel

Pencils, notebooks, pizza, music, movies, club dues, prom tickets, travel home on Closed Weekends, holidays, etc. This is highly variable and very similar to typical expenses for any high school student. Most academy students require very little spending money. The figure above is based on the average for a UNT student. The prospective academy family is urged to contact the families of current students for further information on personal expenses.

Refunds - BankMobile

In order to more efficiently process refunds, scholarship disbursements, etc., UNT has contracted with BankMobile to provide a debit card that can be credited with the funds, a direct deposit to your bank account, or by mailing a check. Please see the BankMobile information from Student Accounting. For more information log onto studentaccounting.unt.edu.

Financial Aid

Each student must fill out a FAFSA to be considered for Federal, State and Local grants and scholarships. The FAFSA must be filled out each year. The best time to apply is in the fall (one year ahead) before the student comes to attend TAMS (ex. October 2016 to attend fall 2017).  The FAFSA will be available as early as October 1st annually.

FAFSA Website: www.fafsa.ed.gov/.

It takes about 2 - 3 months to process, so you need to fill out the application ASAP.

The Federal Processing Center will send your information electronically to UNT Student Financial Aid and Scholarships (SFAS) and a file will be created. You will be able to check the student's file at my.unt.edu. It will let you know where you are in processing, what step to take next, and accept the awards once they are awarded.

UNT Financial Aid Website: financialaid.unt.edu

Financial Aid PowerPoint Presentation – This presentation is shown at Interview Day also.
financialaid.unt.edu/texas-academy-mathematics-and-science

This PowerPoint presentation has been developed to assist you with some of the basic information that is unique to how TAMS scholarship and financial aid works here at UNT. Please utilize this link so you will have access to the most current information that relates specifically to the TAMS program.

FAFSA is the only external form that UNT uses to consider students for all Federal, State and Local grants. TAMS will also consider the student for the TAMS Room and Board Scholarship from the FAFSA. If the students still need funds at that point then they can be considered for Student/Parent Loans.

Students are invited to attend TAMS because of their academic status and receive Tuition and Fees Scholarships and Book Scholarships each year.

Students that do research can be considered for Research Scholarships during the summer.

Finding outside sources for Scholarships & Grants

Printable PDF copy

Locating scholarships can be tricky if you don't know where to look. Here are a few places to start searching:

• Ask businesses, professional groups, radio stations, rotary clubs, etc., in your own community. You might find a small company with a scholarship that's gone unawarded for years.
• Tell family, friends, co-workers, parents’ employers, teachers, and neighbors that you're looking for scholarships - and that no scholarship is too small. Someone might come back with a little-known award through his or her employer or some other avenue that you never would have known about otherwise.
• Fastweb.com
• UNT financial aid for General Academic Scholarship (note deadline on website).

Books

Bookstores and libraries have many scholarship directories available. The reference section of your local library can be helpful finding these resources.

• How to Go to College Almost for Free, by Ben Kaplan
• The Scholarship Book
• Peterson College Money Handbook
• Grants Register

You may be able to find these at the Willis Library (UNT Campus) or at your local library

Online

Search the web for "scholarship search engines" and you'll find many great sites. Your student can input scholarship criteria, and the engine will come up with applicable scholarships.

Here are a few you can try:

• Fastweb.com
• Adventures In Education

Warning: No reputable organization or website will ever ask you to pay for providing scholarship information. Do not pay a person or website to hunt for you. Chances are you won't get enough funding to pay for their fees, let alone to pay for school.

Contact Admissions: tamsadmissions@unt.edu