All fees are payable by the deadline published on the Official School Calendar (www.registrar.gatech.edu) and on the Bursar's Office Web page (http://www.bursar.gatech.edu/office/calendar.pdf) for each academic term. Registration is not complete until all fees have been paid. The Institute reserves the right at any time during the semester to drop any student from classes for failure to pay fees. In no case will a regulation be waived or an exception be granted because a student pleads ignorance of the regulation or asserts that he or she was not informed of it by an advisor or other authority. Students who owe the Institute money and have been placed on "Hold" because of failure to pay may have their accounts placed for collection by a professional collection agency, with the student incurring the full costs of collection. Payment may be made with cash (U.S. dollars); a check payable in U.S. currency and drawn on a financial institution located in the United States (checks must be made payable to Georgia Tech and have the checking account number encoded); or cashier's check. Georgia Tech will not accept credit card payments directly for payment of tuition, fees, and room and board that appear on the student's account summary. Credit card payments can only be made via the Web Student Access System (https://oscar.gatech.edu) and will be processed by Georgia Tech's vendor. You will be charged a service fee of 2.75 percent by the vendor for this service. (No fee will be charged for WebCheck transactions.) MasterCard, American Express and Discover (credit and debit), and WebChecks will be accepted when payments are made through OSCAR. VISA credit, debit, or check cards will not be accepted. Credit card payments cannot be made by mail, phone, fax, or in person.