Financial Aid Refund

twoinanddone
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 03:21:39 +0000

@brantly , it was ridiculous and got longer as the years went on. (First year she didn’t get a refund and I actually had to pay some).

The school doesn’t have all the money before school starts as BF paid by the credit and didn’t pay until after the drop/add date. But the school bill was due about a week before classes started. Then they had to wait for the drop/add. Then they had to wait until Wednesday, because of course Wednesday was the day they did the refunds. In her junior a change happened and the checks could no longer be cut from the school but had to go through a third party. To get a direct deposit, the student had to go on a computer program and enter all the bank info. Well, daughter tried twice and it wouldn’t go through. They had so many issues with it that they actually set up a computer in the FA office just for this purpose. By then daughter was a senior and just waited the 4-5 weeks for the check. The direct deposit would have cut a week or two off (as long as it was a Wednesday).

She liked the school, they gave her a really good financial aid package, she graduated and has a job. Boy, am I happy not to have to deal with them again! This school was a real pain.