Office of Student Life

Enrollment Forms

2025-26 Academic Year

2025-26 ENROLLMENT FORMS

Our office is experiencing a high volume of requests.  Please allow 5 business days for our office to process your request.  You will be notified by email of our decision.  

Notices: 

  1. The policy year corresponds to the academic year (Autumn, Spring, Summer semesters), not the calendar year. Please see our Coverage Rates and Dates page.
  2. Students cannot submit requests for a policy year that has already ended. 
  3. The deadline to submit a Petition to Waive for any 2025-26 coverage period is 11:59 p.m. EST on August 17, 2026.
  4. If you experience a Life Event and wish to modify an existing selection or waiver, submit the Life Event form within 31 days. Do not submit a Waive Request or an Enroll Request.
  5. Except for Life Events, the Student Health Benefits Plan selection stays in effect until the end of the academic year (Autumn, Spring, Summer semesters) -- assuming academic eligibility is maintained -- and students cannot modify or drop that selection term by term. For example, if a student selects the Student Health Benefits Plan for autumn, they cannot waive it for spring/summer. 

Enrollment Change Forms:

NOTE:  Students that are NEW to the university for AUTUMN 2025 should complete the annual Select/Waive process for the 2025-2026 plan year in My Buckeye Link prior to the August 19, 2025, deadline.


  • 2025-26 Enroll Request  
    •  Use this form if: You missed the Select/Waive deadline or have special academic circumstances.

  •  2025-26 Life Event Request 
    • Use this form if:  You wish to modify your existing selection or waiver due to a Life Event.  Note:  If you are a member of the armed forces who are required to interrupt your academic year for service, please contact us for assistance.

2026-27 Academic Year

2026-27 ENROLLMENT FORMS

Our office is experiencing a high volume of requests.  Please allow 5 business days for our office to process your request.  You will be notified by email of our decision.  

Notices: 

  1. The policy year corresponds to the academic year (autumn, spring, summer semesters), not the calendar year. Please see our Coverage Rates and Dates page.
  2. Students cannot submit requests for a policy year that has already ended. 
  3. The deadline to submit a Petition to Waive for any 2026-27 coverage period is 11:59 p.m. EST on August 16, 2027.
  4. If you experience a Life Event and wish to modify an existing selection or waiver, submit the Life Event form within 31 days. Do not submit a Waive Request or an Enroll Request.
  5. Except for Life Events, the Student Health Benefits Plan selection stays in effect until the end of the academic year (autumn, spring, summer semesters) -- assuming academic eligibility is maintained -- and students cannot modify or drop that selection semester to semester. For example, if a student selects the Student Health Benefits Plan for autumn, they cannot waive it for spring/summer. 

Enrollment Change Forms:

NOTE:  Students that are NEW to the university for AUTUMN 2026 should complete the annual Enroll / Waive process for the 2026-2027 plan year in My Buckeye Link prior to the August 18, 2026, deadline.


  • 2026-27 Waive Request - Domestic Students - this form is not available until August 18, 2026.  Please complete Enroll / Waive in My Buckeye Link.  
    • Use this form if: You are a domestic student who missed the Waive deadline OR My Buckeye Link would not let you waive.

  • 2026-27 Waive Request - International Students - this form is not available until July 13, 2026.
    • Use this form if: You are an international student who meets waiver criteria.

  • 2026-27 Enroll Request - this form is not available until August 1, 2026.  
    •  Use this form if: You missed the Enroll deadline or have special academic circumstances.

  •  2026-27 Life Event Request - this form is not available until August 18, 2026.
    • Use this form if:  You wish to modify your existing selection or waiver due to a Life Event.  Note:  If you are a member of the armed forces who are required to interrupt your academic year for service, please contact us for assistance.  

Early Arrival Coverage Forms:

View eligibility for Early Arrival Coverage.