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

almafuerte
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:24:38 +0000

Hey thanks for the replies guys… I actually received not-so-good financial aid but due to family crises, my parents’ income drastically fell this year and much of our asset had to be used for a surgery. Well, anyway, they didn’t look much at our PYI petition so I am turning to the budget petition as my last resort.

I wish to petition and try to get loans- the thing is, I may be receiving an outside scholarship late august/ early september (sch’p organization said the check will be mailed first day of sept) but the results aren’t finalized yet. It’s going to be around $2000 and I thought it would be good to have this money cover for the loan I would get from teh budget petition.

My worry now is that if the sch’p (unsure) check gets to FAO earlier than my budget petition (since…laptop must be bought DURING the quarter, not even in early sept?) then they will decrease my grant amount since I got no loans in my initial efan. THAT i do not want. I want to have my budget petition passed first and then they can replace the loan with the potential sch’p check and it will all end favorably for me.

Anyway, this is my situation. Therefore, I was hoping that I could buy the laptop and petition like, late august? to fit the timing for the check. Any more comments?