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What is the full process for getting my DEDP Personalized Price and making payments?

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In order to make a payment for a DEDP course you must complete all of the following steps:

  1. Calculate Your Personalized Course Price by completing the Financial Calculator
    • If required: Submit supporting financial documentation to Verify your income information
  2. Enroll in the courses you would like to pay for
  3. Submit payment for your courses

Please note: You must begin by Calculating Your Personalized Course Price. If you submit documents without first calculating your course price on your MicroMasters profile, the system will not recognize your submission and you will not receive a response from us.

 

Calculating Your Personalized Course Price

To calculate your personalized course price, you must have completed the steps below:

  1. If you already have a MicroMasters Portal account, log in to your account. If you do not already have an account, please create one! Follow this link and click "Sign In" in the upper right corner to Sign In to your existing account or to Create a New Account.
  2. If you created a new account, you will be asked to complete your profile, which includes enrolling in the DEDP program. Afterwards, on your MicroMasters Portal Dashboard, find the section that says "Personal Course Pricing" and click "Get My Price Now".
  3. You will be prompted to enter your current, gross, household income into your financial calculator.
    • Current refers to the income you have at the time when you complete the financial calculator, which may be different from that reported by official tax documentation if—for example, if you have recently lost employment or begun new employment.
    • Gross refers to your income before any income taxes are accounted for.
    • Household refers to you and anyone who helps support you financially. If some or all of your costs of living and expenses are paid for by others (for example: a partner, spouse, parents, or guardians) you must report their income as well. If you pay for all of your own housing, living expenses, and other necessities then please report only your income. You do not need to report the income of anyone you support financially, such as children.
  4. The system may instantly approve your personalized price. If this is the case, you may proceed to the following sections, Enrolling in Courses and Making Your Payments.
  5. You may be asked to submit documents to verify your income. If you have been asked to submit documents please continue to the section Verifying Your Income.

Please note: 

  • If you enter an annual income of less than $10,000 USD, you will be asked to submit documents to verify your income. If you submit your documents and have your personalized price approved before the submission deadline, you will be entered automatically into the $100 Course Price Coupon Lottery. Please review the FAQ section About the $100 Course Price Coupon Lottery for details.
  • If you need to change or update your information at any time, please let us know and we can reset your financial calculator. You may reach out to DEDP MicroMastes Support at dedp-micromasters-support@mit.edu.

 

Verifying Your Income — If Required

If you are asked to verify your income, please complete the steps below.

  1. Submit financial documents to verify the income you entered.
    • If you or members of your household are employed please submit one of the following: 
        • A signed copy of your most recent tax return
        • An income statement (a letter from your employer stating what your job is and how much you are paid)
            • If the income statement is on official letterhead and signed by an employer, it does not have to be notarized
            • If it is not signed by your employer then it must be notarized
        • Pay stubs, signed and notarized
    • If you and all members of your household are unemployed, please submit one of the following:
        • a tax return in which you filed $0 income
        • proof of unemployment benefits, such as pay stubs from unemployment insurance checks
        • If you cannot access official documentation, please let us know and we will provide an alternative.
  2. Sign and upload your documents via DocuSign (free and secure). You will find the DocuSign link on your MicroMasters Portal Dashboard.
      • We strongly recommend using DocuSign. If you are unable to access it, please let us know as soon as possible.
  3. You will receive an email indicating that your documents were received by our office. Documents are usually processed within 10-14 business days, after which you will receive an email confirming your approved personalized course price.
  4. Once you have an approved personalized price, proceed to the sections Enrolling in Courses and Making Your Payments.

Please note: 

  • If it is not possible to have your document notarized safely due to the current coronavirus pandemic, please let us know. This requirement may be waived.
  •  If you are submitting a tax return in a language other than English, please submit a translation with the original tax return. We do not require the translation to be notarized or certified – you can translate the document yourself.
  • You must have a financial profile created in order to have your documents approved. If you do not, please return to Calculating Your Personalized Price above and follow the steps listed.
  • If you do not have access to any official documents to verify your income, please let us know.

Enrolling in Courses

  1. If you have never enrolled in DEDP courses: Navigate to your MicroMasters Portal Dashboard and click the blue "Enroll" button next to any DEDP courses you wish to enroll in and/or submit payment for.
  2. If you have previously enrolled in DEDP courses:
    1. Ensure you have created an MITx Online account and are logged in to your account
    2. Navigate to the MITx Online platform
    3. Find the DEDP courses you with to enroll in and click on them to access their Course Page
    4. Click "Enroll"!

Please note:

  • If you are not planning to complete the course during the current semester, you may unenroll from the course after submitting payment—although you are not required to do so, and are free to remain enrolled and get a head-start on learning the content, even if you do not plan to submit assignments. Your MicroMasters Dashboard will save only the highest score you earn in each DEDP course, so there is no penalty for being enrolled in a course without completing assignments.

Making Your Payment

  1. After you enroll, you will see a "Pay Now" button next to the course. To make your payment, click the "Pay Now" button and follow the system prompts.

Please note:

  • For individual participants, DEDP accepts globally recognized major credit or debit cards that have a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express logo. We also now accept payment via Paypal. We are unable to accept payment via invoice for individual participants.
  • You must make your payment before the payment deadline in order to take the proctored exams at the end of that semester. If you make your payment after the deadline, you will have to wait until the end of the following semester to sit for the proctored exam. Please see this Upcoming Dates page for important dates and deadlines.
  • For more information, please refer to the FAQ section: About Payment.

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