Other Fees and Policies

• Activity Fee
• Disability Insurance
• Medical Center Athletic Club (MCAC)
• Parking Fee
• Student Services Fee
• Microscope Rental Fee
• Breakage Fee
• Student Fellows and Honors Fellowships
• Leave of Absence Fee
• Fee Adjustment Policies

Activity Fee

Set annually by students, this fee supports student activities as agreed upon by the Student Senate.

Disability Insurance

MC Fitness & Wellness Center

Parking Fee

Student Services Fee

This fee provides for miscellaneous services such as lockers, the student lounge, orientation and graduation.

Microscope Rental Fee

For a fee of $200, each first and second-year student is provided with the use of a high-quality microscope which is insured and serviced by the Office for Educational Resources. First-year students utilize microscopes in Human Structure and Function and Host/Defense; second-year students in Mind, Brain and Behavior, Integrated Systems A & B. Students who are not required to take these courses may arrange alternate educational experiences. If such experiences do not require the use of a microscope, this fee may be waived. Request for waiver of the fee must be accompanied by documentation from either the student's individual Advisory Dean or the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education that one will not be taking a course requiring use of a microscope.

Pager Fee

Third and Fourth year students are issued pagers. The monthly charge from Telecommunications is billed in two unequal installments, totally $130 for the year. There is no charge for the pager itself unless it is lost or damaged/destroyed, in which case, the student will be charged $100.00.

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Breakage Fee

Students are billed at cost for equipment broken or lost.

Continuation-Of-Enrollment Definitions and Fee

Student Fellow Status

A student who takes time out from the medical curriculum and uses this time to pursue enriching independent research or some other activity which is related to ultimate successful completion of the M.D. program may be granted Student Fellow status by the UR Medical School Promotions and Review Board. Still considered a full-time student, such an individual must pay required health fees, the Student Services fee, and the Continuation-of-Enrollment-for-the-M.D. Degree tuition fee of $764 per term and receives deferment eligibility for student loan repayment.

Honors Fellowship Program

Students in good standing who wish to be Fellows may apply to the Fellowship Committee for financial support and/or designation as an Honors Fellow. As with all Fellows, Honors Fellows pay the required health fees, the Student Services fee, and Continuation-of-Enrollment-for-the-M.D. Degree tuition of $764 per term and have deferment eligibility for student loan repayment. In addition, for the first year after having been an Honors Fellow, a tuition subsidy will be provided so that the amount of tuition billed will be at the level that the student would have been charged for FT/C status had the student not been doing the Honors Fellowship. In subsequent years tuition is assessed at the prevailing rate. A Student Fellow who is not also an Honors Fellow receives no tuition subsidy.

The length of a Fellowship is generally two consecutive terms and not more than twelve months. During this period, one may not be registered for a non-M.D. degree program at this or any other institution and may not receive remuneration for service rendered. Financial support received for this period may be in the form of a stipend to cover health fees, living and travel expenses. (A student who is being remunerated for service rendered should more appropriately seek Leave of Absence status.)

FT/C Extended Time Definition and Fee

Students who have extended their enrollment for more than the standard eight semesters, either due to repeated portions of the Double Helix curriculum, or because of choosing to expand their clinical experiences, will be registered as full time credit students for each of the subsequent semesters. Having paid for their first eight semesters at full tuition, they will be billed an "extended time fee" for those terms. For the 2005-06 academic year, that fee will be $1,500 per billing term.

Leave of Absence Fee

Students may be granted permission to take a Long-Term Leave of Absence (LOA) from the medical curriculum for a maximum of 12 months. Such students will be assessed a fee of $50/term. If a LOA extends beyond twelve months, the student will be required to reapply for admission.

While LOA status retains one's place in the School, it does not carry with it the full-time student status necessary to participate in University health programs or qualify for deferment of student loan repayment. Borrowers taking a LOA must, therefore, have Exit Interviews in the Financial Aid Office before leaving campus. Students taking a LOA who have already received loan funds to cover expenses which have not yet been incurred at the time of leaving school, may expect that pro-rated portions of those loans must be returned to lenders.

Students leaving during a term for which they have already paid tuition may return the following year and complete that semester paying only any increase in the tuition charge, plus fees. For subsequent terms, tuition will be charged at the prevailing rate. See the section on Tuition Adjustment Policies for more specific details regarding charges.

In addition to a Long-Term Leave of Absence, students may be granted a Temporary or a Medical Leave of Absence. A Temporary LOA is effective for a maximum of sixty days. While there is no additional charge for this status, there is also no reduction in charges previously assessed for this period. A Temporary LOA defaults to a Long-Term LOA if some other registration status is not selected by the end of the sixty-day period.

A Medical LOA is treated as a Long-Term LOA in all matters related to tuition, fees, and financial aid.

Fee Adjustment Policies

Once billed, there is no adjustment in fees charged except in the following instances:

• The University Health Service will prorate health insurance fees based on the month of cessation of insurance coverage. Fourth-year students frequently seek a prorated refund for coverage not required during the summer following graduation.
• Students who pay tuition for more than four years may request a waiver of the Infection Control fee in subsequent years.
• Student Fellows participating in out-of-town year-out fellowships may request a partial waiver of the Student Services fee.