FA was awarded unevenly... question.

kelsmom
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:46:58 +0000

Romani, did your scholarship come in after your first aid disbursement & refund? It looks like maybe they adjusted the second semester in order to keep from creating a first semester balance when they added the scholarship. If so, you WILL be getting that much less next semester & you will need to plan for that reality.

Did you have to pay more for tuition/fees than the budget allows? If so, you can request an adjustment based on actual tuition/fees … but they do NOT have to make the adjustment for you. If you are paying less than the budgeted amount for tuition/fees, asking for a budget adjustment may not helpful; the school is required to adjust your tuition/fees component to actual if they adjust anything else in the budget.

You already have a 0 EFC, so there is absolutely nothing that can be done to help you aid-wise. The only thing that might be helpful is a budget increase in order to tap into the loans you haven’t used. But budgets can only be increased within the federal guidelines and institutional policies.