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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: 

  1. Calculate Your Personalized Course Price by entering your income into your financial calculator. 
    • Your personalized price may be automatically approved 
    • You may be asked to Verify your income by submitting supporting documents. The Program Manager will review your documents. If the documents are approved, you will receive your personalized course price.  
  2. Enroll in the courses you would like to pay for. 
  3. Submit your payment. 

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. First, create an account on the MicroMasters portal. Follow this link and click "Sign Up" in the upper right corner.
  2. After you complete your profile, please find the section that says "Personal Course Pricing" and click "Get My Price Now".
  3. The system will then prompt you 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, 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 can proceed to 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 Verifying Your Income.

Please note: 

  • If you enter an annual income of less than $10,000.00 USD, you will be asked to submit documents to verify your income. If you submit the 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.

Verifying Your Income, if required

To verify your income, please complete the steps below.

  1. Submit documents to verify the income you entered.
    • If you or members of your household are employed please submit: 
        • 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:
        • 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. Then sign and upload your documents via DocuSign (free and secure). Please find the DocuSign link on your MicroMasters profile page.
      • 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 5-7 business days, after which you will receive an email that states your personalized course price.
  4. You can then proceed to 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.
  • Documents are usually processed within 5-7 business days, after which you will receive an email that states your personalized course price.

Enrolling in Courses

  1. Log in to your MicroMaster Portal account and register for courses by clicking "Enroll" next to the course you would like to pay for.

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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