<p>So I have a question as to what exactly will be on the Cornell bill. I have the standard student contribution for $2,440 and a parent contribution for $1,000, everything else is covered. So are these the only values that will appear on the bill? I am sure my health insurance meets Cornell’s requirements so I plan on having that waived. Also, is $3,440 enough to have the Cornell Installment Plan?</p>
<p>On a random note, I’ve heard that if you qualify for financial aid you can fill out a form in the financial aid office and Cornell will pay for one laptop for you to use in four years, is this true?</p>
<p>Also, I have $2,000 in work study and I just received a $3,000 scholarship that gets paid directly to Cornell. Since Cornell’s policy towards outside scholarships is that they go towards self help first (loans, fws) then to reduce their grant, could I apply the outside scholarship to cover work study, have the remaining $1,000 credited to me for books or something, and then find a campus job to help pay off whatever is left over the summer?</p>
<p>So I have a question as to what exactly will be on the Cornell bill. I have the standard student contribution for $2,440 and a parent contribution for $1,000, everything else is covered. So are these the only values that will appear on the bill? I am sure my health insurance meets Cornell’s requirements so I plan on having that waived. Also, is $3,440 enough to have the Cornell Installment Plan?</p>
<p>I’m guessing you have very generous aid. Last year, my installment plan had $11,000, which my the contribution for my parents. The installment plan doesn’t have a limit I believe.</p>
<p>*On a random note, I’ve heard that if you qualify for financial aid you can fill out a form in the financial aid office and Cornell will pay for one laptop for you to use in four years, is this true? *</p>
<p>This I’m not sure about. I do know the financial aid office does do certain things to help with specific outside costs though. I’d call them about that if I were you.</p>
<p>*Also, I have $2,000 in work study and I just received a $3,000 scholarship that gets paid directly to Cornell. Since Cornell’s policy towards outside scholarships is that they go towards self help first (loans, fws) then to reduce their grant, could I apply the outside scholarship to cover work study, have the remaining $1,000 credited to me for books or something, and then find a campus job to help pay off whatever is left over the summer?
jadore317 is online now *</p>
<p>I don’t think you can wipe the work-study amount but I could be wrong. You would have to ask the office about this.</p>
<p>wait…somebody told me work study was money that they pay you directly if you get a job on campus (if your fws was $2000, then $2000 was the max amount you could earn from the job). and if you don’t get a job, then you don’t have to pay back whatever they gave you?</p>
<p>1) after Cornell reduces your FWS by $2000, I believe that the remaining $1000 will reduce your grant aid that Cornell was planning to give you. However your total grant aid should already include an allowance for books and incidentals that should be either refunded to you at some point or deducted from your 2440 contribution you were expected to make. </p>
<p>@kiwilemon Cornell doesn’t give you the work study money, they just make you eligible for jobs where the federal government pays the employer to hire you. You get paid directly by the employer and don’t get any money if you don’t get a job. </p>
<p>2) Cornell will not pay for a laptop for you. However, they will allow you to increase your “cost of attendance” by the cost of a laptop. You would then be allowed to take out loans to cover that cost, or you would probably be allowed to use the extra $1000 from your outside scholarship toward that cost. If you want to join the health club you may be able to also increase your COA to cover that and have that paid by your excess scholarship funds. Call and talk to financial aid and find out if there’s any other expense that you’re planning on incurring that you could roll into COA so that your $1000 could be used to pay that and you don’t lose any of your grant aid.</p>
<p>Thanks so much mathmomvt!</p>