<p>Any financial aid and loans you get are automatically used to pay off the tuition and fees you owe (but not housing). Any funds you get in excess of tuition/fees gets refunded to you.</p>
<p>If you don’t have Bruin Direct, your financial aid refund is mailed to you as a check, which you would have to cash at a bank. Having it directly deposited is far more convenient.</p>
<p>Work study is just a program that pays part of your salary instead of the employer. This makes it easier for you to get a job, since employers won’t have to pay as much to hire you. If you don’t get a job, you don’t get any money from work study.</p>