<p>** UPDATE **</p>
<p>I emailed the Financial Aid Office. I don’t think I will get any more responses until tomorrow, because our conversation happened a few minutes before they close for the day.</p>
<p>If I am understanding, the TOTAL out of pocket cost is actually $8,550, NOT $5,550. They did NOT include on my financial aid papers that the $3,000 contributes to my family’s out of pocket expenses. They listed the $3,000 job as though it was just a <em>possibility</em> to help with personal expenses. So, in essence, my bill will be $4,275 per semester, and this one time scholarship will reduce it by $2,000 per semester, bringing my semester bills to $2,275.</p>
<p>So, even if I don’t get an on campus job, My family will still be responsible for paying for the $3,000.</p>
<p>Thanks to all the posters who contributed. It would have been better to have my award letter organized more clearly with the grand total out of pocket expenses.</p>