sjdim

Hey class 2013, the fall quarter bill is out. Check on Axess. So, I've just discovered that there are a lot of hidden fees for the quarter. Ughhh, i don't know what to do. I was supposed to pay $2000 a year, but now it looks like it's going to be a lot more than that

ngolsh314

thats why they invented student loans.

Xzibit

How come the bill doesn't differentiate between the parent contribution and the student contribution?

Morsmordre

Don't despair, and definitely don't take out student loans. The extra hidden fees aren't more than 1000 bucks right (orientation+processing fee+po box fee+house dues)? So just defer some of the payment over three months. Get a job and you'll be able to make that up quickly. The bill doesn't differentiate between both student and parent contribution because you can pay your part using epay and your parents can pay the other part using epay. If you got an outside scholarship, you already have your part covered.

Olive_Tree

You might want to ask about that sjdim. I don't know your specific situation but I am also supposed to pay just $2,000 a year and while I almost had a panic attack when I saw a bill of some $18,170 due I discovered that there is a section where you see the aid that Stanford gives you which, for me, was about $18,000.

hotjava64

Hey, Olive_Tree, could you tell me where they show the aid you're getting on the bill? I almost hit the roof myself.

gregh313

the hidden fees (not including insurance) amount to over $2000 a year.

sooo i dont know whats going on

bluebubbles

Don't forget the wonderful new quarterly Vaden health fee. Cardinal Care better be effing good.

Olive_Tree

hotjava64:

You log into Axess and to the left of the Home Page when you click on the ePay Login link and when you're in the Home Page, on the left click on the View Accounts link and it'll show you Bill. Then there will be a tab that says Select Action and one of the options will be Current Balance. Click on that and, hopefully, on the bottom there will be a section that's titled Anticipated Aid.

Sorry if that was confusing and/or long! You just have to click on everything to make sense of it (that's what i did). I'm still confused so I'll be calling Stanford on Monday.

Baten

In the "Select Action" drop menu if you click University Bill it lists how much you have to pay alongside how much they're giving you. It's a lot clearer in my opinion. ^^

hotjava64

Sweet! Muchas gracias to both of you

Xzibit

How does Stanford ensure that the students and the parents are paying exactly the amount of their respective contributions?

Because it appears that there is no limit in how much either payer can pay towards the university bill...

ngolsh314

you don't have to follow the student/parent contribution thing at all. My parents and I are taking the amount after aid and splitting it 50/50. I would assume they trust you to do the calculations yourself.

hpfan018

sjdim, I will also be paying a lot extra as well. What also sucks, is that I have this scholarship from my country and they send part of the money to Stanford for tuition and the rest goes to me monthly as a personal allowance... apparently I'm supposed to give them that money as well. And I was going to use that to buy my plane ticket home and for any other things I need. I guess I'll have to dip into my near non-existent savings if I want to come back home.

omgitsover9000

ngolsh314: you are aware that any student income over 4500 has a hefty penalty attached to it right? something like 50% of that income is removed from your financial aid