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Help for Parents

Lost in CAESAR? For help completing tasks, follow the paths provided below. They indicate the menus students or guests should select when navigating through CAESAR:

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Contact, guest, and hold tasks

Table of Contact, Guest, and Hold tasks
Task Instructions

View guest consent for release of information (student information and guest information)

Guests navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Consent Form tile

View my student's addresses, phone numbers, and emergency information summary

Guests navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Contact Information tile >
  • Addresses
  • Phone Numbers
  • Emergency Information Summary

Student authorizes others to view or pay bill

Students navigate to : CAESAR > Homepage > Profile tile > Manage Guest Access

(See Guest Access for step-by-step instructions)

Check for a registration hold

Students navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Tasks tile

Financial aid and loan tasks

Contact Your Financial Aid Office for more information on the financial aid process.

Table of Financial Aid, and Loan tasks
Task Instructions
View financial aid awards Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Financial Aid tile > View My Financial Aid
View debt summary information Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Financial Aid tile > View Northwestern Financial Aid History
View to-do items Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Financial Aid tile > To Do List
Accept or decline an award Students navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Financial Aid tile > Accept/Decline Financial Aid
Apply for or check on the application status of a Northwestern Loan* Students navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Financial Aid tile > Institutional Loan Application (click link to apply)

*See Northwestern Loan for more information on these loans.

Billing and payment tasks

Table of Billing and Payment tasks
Task Instructions

View my student's account

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > View My Account

(See Viewing Your Account for step-by-step instructions

For information on how to read your real-time account, see Understanding Your CAESAR Account)

View, pay, or print my student's bill

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > View or Pay Tuition Bill

The same monthly bill details, formatted for saving or printing, are contained in the PDF version of your student's bill;

Make deposit for tuition / housing

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > Make Deposit (Tuition/Housing)

(See Making Tuition and Housing Deposits for step-by-step instructions.)

Enroll in a prepayment plan

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > View or Pay Tuition Bill > Payment Plan

(See Help With Enrollment Screens for a preview of enrollment steps)

Confirm posting of my  prepayment

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > View My Account > View Prepayment Activity

Note that overnight update is required for prepayment posting

View my 1098-T tuition payments

Students (or Guests) navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > Account and Payments tile > 1098-T

(See Viewing and Printing 1098-T for step-by-step instructions)

Set up direct deposits

Students navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > My Account tile > Setup Direct Deposit

(See Setting Up Direct Deposit for step-by-step instructions)

Request a refund

Students navigate to: CAESAR > Homepage > My Account tile > Request a Refund

(See Request a Refund for step-by-step instructions)