Budget Petition with a laptop purchase...when to do this?

almafuerte
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:06:30 +0000

I am going to buy a laptop and I plan to submit the petition for budget increase. I am going to be a freshman and a Regents’ Scholar this fall.

If I petition, it will increase my total need by the exact amount of the laptop. Now my questions are:


Is it for sure going to be “accepted”? Is there any reason for a budget petition to be denied?
Since the petition increases my need, and Regents scholarship specifically stated that it will cover all uncovered need with grant money, does this mean that my increase in budget will be fully covered with grants INSTEAD of the Direct Loans that the petition form says it will give?
And can I petition this summer, summer before my first quarter at ucla? I mean, I am buying the laptop for college…so it is eligible for petition if I purchase it now, right? When’s the earliest I can submit my petition or purchase my laptop? (Cuz on the petition form it says purchases have to be made during my “enrollment period” at ucla…)
----when does the enrollment period begin?


Thanks guys- just desperate because I am so stressed about financial aspects of college =[