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<\/a><\/p>\nIntroduction<\/h4>\n
The Student Account<\/strong> page allows students to view their current balance and review charges, payments, and credits by Term. The page also allows users to click through to the Nelnet service to make payments. <\/p>\n Students may provide Guest User access to anyone who is assisting them with bill payment. To add or update access for a Guest User, students should use the Manage Guests page. Refer to the Managing Guests<\/a> resource for more information.<\/p>\n For additional information about billing and payment, including payment deadlines, visit the BU Student Financials website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u26a0\ufe0e Screen options and menus will vary by user; please note that displays may differ for you based on access that has been granted. All screens shown are for training purposes only.<\/p>\n To access Student Account:<\/p>\n Refer to the letter labels on the example below to learn about the features of the Student Account page.<\/p>\n \u24d8 NOTE<\/strong>: The Term Details section will not list an upcoming term until the billing cycle has begun for that term. Use View Payments to display all payments, deposits and housing guarantee payments regardless of term.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n To view a history of all payments made towards the account, including which Terms the payments were allocated to, select View Payments<\/strong> from the Student Account page. <\/p>\n To see all charges, payments, and credits applied to a particular Term, click the Return to Student Account<\/strong> button at the top of the screen and then select View Detail for that term. Refer to the View Term Detail section below for instructions. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n To view all charges, payments, and credits applied to a Term, select the View Detail<\/strong> button for that term on the Student Account page. <\/p>\n On the Term Detail screen:<\/strong><\/p>\n The below screenshot shows the Term detail for a student enrolled in Summer Session 1. <\/p>\n \u24d8 NOTE<\/strong>: Recall that this student is also enrolled in Summer Session 2 classes, which affects the Total Balance shown back on the Student Account page, but is not reflected in the Term Detail for Session 1 above. Future-term enrollment\/charges are not reflected on the Term Detail for current or prior terms.<\/p>\n The below screenshot shows the Term detail for an undergraduate student enrolled in the Spring term. Click on the screenshot to view larger if needed (then click the browser \u2018Back\u2019 button to return to this page).<\/p>\nNavigation & Overview<\/h4>
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![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-2-Overview-636x441.png\")
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View Payments<\/h4>
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![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-4-View-Payments-screen-e1779976523850-636x392.png\")
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![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-5-View-Payments-detail-636x230.png\")
<\/a>\n<\/ul>\nView Term Detail<\/h4>
![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-6-View-Term-nav-636x275.png\")
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Example 1: Summer Term with Pending Financial Aid<\/h5>\n
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![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-7-View-Term-Summer-Term-example-636x498.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nExample 2: Undergraduate Semester with Enrollment Overload<\/h5>\n
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![\"Example](\"\/sis-training\/files\/2026\/05\/Student-Bill-8-View-Term-Spring-UG-Example-590x636.png\")
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