This policy establishes the eligibility, application process, and conditions for tuition discounts at Richmindale College. It provides a structured approach to awarding discounts and ensures students and applicants understand the available financial benefits.

This policy applies to all students of Richmindale College

Richmindale College extends its support to its community by providing discounts to degree program applicants and students who want to pursue higher education. This makes education more accessible, especially to the families and communities of Richmindale.

Students and applicants who are beneficiaries of the discounts of Richmindale College are required to comply with its admission requirements, policies, and procedures.

Richmindale College offers the following standard discounts. Richmindale College may offer discounts or fee waivers that are not listed on this catalog.

Discount applicants may apply for discount by selecting the Apply Discount option on their admission application on the Richmindale website on Admissions > Apply for Admission, or copy and paste the website link www.richmindale.com/rims/admissions in a web browser. Applicants who missed to select the Apply Discount option on their admission application may modify their admission application on the same website page and link. Changes to the admission application may require another round of review and evaluation of the application, and may cause delays in the admission approval process.

Students may apply for discount separately outside of the admission application on Services > Apply for Discount, or copy and paste the link www.richmindale.com/rims/services/discount in a web browser.

Discount applicants may also apply manually by downloading the Discount Application Form from Services > Apply for Discount, or copy and paste the link www.richmindale.com/rims/services/discount. Fill the form with the required information and sign the appropriate pages digitally using a software application, such as Adobe Acrobat, or manually using wet ink and scan. Submit the filled and signed copy via email to discounts@richmindale.com using the student’s registered email address.

Discount applicants are notified of their application status through their registered email within 10 business days from the admission application process start date to inform them if they are entitled to any discounts, or if they need to submit more information and/or documents. Discount application status notification may be sent with the admission status notification.

Applicants who are not approved of any discounts may apply for reconsideration or appeal within 14 calendar days from the discount notification date by completing an appeal form on the website link Services > Discount Appeal, or copy and paste the link www.richmindale.com/rims/services/discount/appeal in a web browser. Applicants applying for reconsideration must provide reasons for reconsideration and may provide additional information to support the appeal. Richmindale provides a response to an appeal within 10 business days of the appeal submission date.

Any approved discounts must be clearly documented in the student enrollment agreement. It is important that applicants must review the discounts in the enrollment agreement at the earliest possible time before signing, and raise any confusion or mistakes as they are provided a specified number of days to return the enrollment agreement, or their admission application is canceled. Discount concerns or complaints may be filed on Services > Discount Complaint, or copy and paste the link www.richmindale.com/rims/services/discount/complaint.