Next Steps to Enrollment After Accepting Your Offer

Next Steps to Enrollment After Accepting Your Offer Congrats, you are finally an Illini! Now that youve accepted your offer, youre probably wondering, What are my next steps? Your admitted student checklist is about to become your best friend! You can find your admitted student checklist in yourmyIlliniaccount.This will provide you all the necessary items youll need to complete as an enrolling studentâ€"and Im going to walk you through some of them right now. Financial Aid Hopefully by this point you’ve filed yourFree Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). If not, go ahead and do so as soon as possible, and make sure to have it sent to us. Our school code is 001775. The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) will begin sending out financial aid packages around mid-February. If you have further questions, please feel free to contactthem. University NetID You also need to set up your NetID and NetID password. You’ll frequently use your NetID to access different resources on campus. In order to do this, youll need your Activation Code and University Identification Number (UIN), both of which are available in yourmyIlliniaccount. Tip: Make sure that your NetID is something you’ll remember. It will also act as your email address here at Illinois, so make it something you won’t be embarrassed to put on any documents, resumes, etc. Housing After accepting your offer of admission, you’ll need to wait 24 hours before completing yourUniversity Residence Hall contractwith your housing advance payment or applying online with aPrivate Certified Housingfacility. Housing applications will become available in February. The priority deadline is May 15. Tip: Be sure you fill out your ownhousing survey. Don’t have your parents do it for you, because they may not know your preferences as well as you think! New Student Registration AtNew Student Registration, you’ll meet with an academic advisor and choose your fall classes. Dates will become available in mid-March. You’ll receive an email with more information at that time, so be sure to keep an eye out for that! College Registration Homework / Placement Exams Registration homework and placement exams must be completed at least two weeks before you participate in your New Student Registration appointment. Both will help your advisor best advise you in selecting your courses. Theywill be available starting May 1. Tip:See which placement tests you’re required to take now! Test Scores /Final Transcripts On your application, you may recall that you self-reported your high school grades and classes. You also may have self-reported your test scores. Now that youre admitted, we need to see the official versions of both.You must have your official test scores sent to our office by May 15 and your official final high school transcripts sent to us by July 10. Official final high school transcripts must include all grades and courses from years 9 through 12 as well as a graduation date.Note that if youre taking summer classes, you should have your transcript for grades and courses from years 9 through 11 sent to us by June 1 and your final high school transcript sent to us once year 12 grades are posted. Tip: If you’ve made any changes to your high school class schedule since you applied, please be sure to submit our course change form via your myIllini account. Additional Credit If you tookAPorIBexams, you’re welcome to have them sent to Illinois in order to receive college credit. Again, these scores must be sent directly from the testing agency. AP scores should be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, and IB scores should be sent toMeasurement and Evaluation. Additionally, you need to reportany off-campus collegiate work (dual credit courses).Have official transcripts sent from the issuing institution as soon as your grades are posted. Coursework that is transferable will be added to your Illinois academic record. Required Immunizations Be sure to complete and submit your immunization formsto McKinley Health Center by July 1. If youre an international student, you may bring your forms to campus. Tuition Billing Payment Options This section allows for you to set up an authorized payer, enroll in a payment plan, or set up direct deposit. Illinois does not mail paper billing statements. Instead, well send an email to your Illinois address once a month reminding you to view your student account for recent activity and to make any payments by thedue date. Tip: For information regarding billing, payment due dates, and payment options, visit theUSFSCO website. myIllini Email Address While this isn’t part of your official Admitted Student Checklist, it is a very important tip! If you used an email address from your high school to set up your myIllini account, I recommend contacting your high school to ask whether or not that email address will be deactivated at the end of the school year. If your account will be deactivated, be sure to submit the biographical change form via your myIllini account beforeyour high school email address is shut down. Youll want to change your email address to an account you check regularly, as we will be sending you some very important information via email over the summer. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office or visit our Admitted Freshman FAQ. We’ll be able to help guide you through any part of this process. Again, congratulations. You are one step closer to your freshman year at Illinois! Logan Admissions Counselor I graduated from Joliet Junior College with an Associate of Arts and from Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Leadership and Education. I'm currently pursuing my Master of Education in Higher Education. I grew up on a small livestock and grain farm in Central Illinois.