SOAR Payment Information
This is information about the various fees associated with coming to UW-Madison and coming to SOAR.
SOAR Payment Information
First-Year Students
Charged by other offices:
- Enrollment Deposit: $100, charged by the Office of Admissions
- Saves a place in the class for incoming students
- Must be paid in order to make a SOAR Reservation
- Can be paid by credit card online or by check via the mail
- Direct questions about this to the Office of Admissions
- Housing Deposit: $50 initial deposit, and $250 due later
- Needed to secure a spot in Residence Halls
- Direct questions about this to UW-Housing
- New Student Fee:
- Domestic Freshman: $275
- International Freshman: $325
- Billed at the same time as Fall Tuition
Charged by SOAR Office:
- Parking: $15/day, ($30 total for first-year SOAR sessions)
- Reserves a parking spot for SOAR participants
- Parent/Guest Fee: $50/guest
- Goes toward cost of materials, speakers, and dinner at freshmen SOAR
- Meal-Only Fee: $25/guest
- For siblings/grandparents who attend SOAR; a reduced fee that covers their meal
Transfer Students
Charged by other offices:
- Enrollment Deposit: $100, charged by the Office of Admissions
- Saves a place in the class for incoming students, is applied to Fall Tuition
- Must be paid in order to make a SOAR Reservation
- Can be paid by credit card online or by check via the mail
- Direct questions about this to the Office of Admissions
- Housing Deposit: $50 initial deposit, and $250 due later
- Needed to secure a spot in Residence Halls
- Direct questions about this to UW-Housing
- New Student Fee:
- Domestic Transfer: $200
- International Transfer: $250
- Billed at the same time as Fall Tuition
Charged by SOAR Office:
- Nothing, Transfer Students attend SOAR Virtually and for free.
Collecting Fees
Fees charged by the SOAR office are not collected when people make a reservation. They are invoiced 2 weeks prior to a students' SOAR session. Students do not have to have paid the balance due to attend SOAR. We will collect it later. SOAR fees can be taken care of upon arrival at SOAR via check, visa or master card. SOAR fees can also be paid after attending SOAR. There will be a hold on a students account to register for the next semester of classes if they do not pay their SOAR fees.
How to Pay:
- Students can pay these fees online by credit card by going to the following website: https://register.soar.wisc.edu/register/ww/payment/Default.aspx
- Students can pay when they check-in to SOAR by credit card or check.
After check-in cash and check payments need to be entered into an spreadsheet. This may be in the O Drive:
Click on SOAR --- Administrative --- Reservation System --- Payment Information --- 20xx
Or it may be in a shared Google Drive. Ask an Operations Intern.