<p>Alrighty then i’ll explain my situation:</p>
<p>I came up about $300 short of being able to pay off this semester, which really makes no sense seeing as sophmores qualifying as independent students can take out up to $10,500. I’m only at $9,500.</p>
<p>What should i do?</p>
<p>I could:</p>
<p>A. Drop a class.</p>
<p>this would get me into the clear with some left over. Mother doesn’t want me to take this method as it would drop my credits this semester to 14.</p>
<p>B. Ask Mother for help…</p>
<p>Plausable, but i really don’t want to again considering shes helped me so much already. I was kinda hoping i would have a little leftover to pay her back.</p>
<p>C. Go to the school and point out the $10,500 limit.</p>
<p>I truely don’t understand why they only allowed $4000 extra. Its in ubsidised loans btw. That and i have no desire whatsoever to fight with them over this matter. I’ve been dealing with them all summer over stuff and i’m really getting sick of dealing with them. Is it bad i have their phone number memorized? ><</p>
<p>What would you do?</p>
<p>I don’t know how your school works but this is how my daughter’s school does. The COA (at her school) is based on average costs and the average included on the COA for tuition and fees is based on 14 hours a semester. If a student enrolls for 15 hours or more a semester they can ask for the COA to be adjusted upwards to reflect this. This enables the student to be eligible for more aid. </p>
<p>I suspect your COA is based on a lower enrollment than the 17 hours you are signed up for. It may be detailed somewhere on your school’s web site (at my daughter’s school it is, at my son’s school the web site was hopeless). I would go with option C combined with asking if your COA can be adjusted to reflect your higher enrollment hours. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>If swimcatsmom’s suggestion doesn’t work, you might check into how long you would have to pay off the excess $300. I know at my school, you have until spring registration date (mid/end November) to pay off outstanding debts from fall semester (or else you get a financial hold placed on your account–no registration), and you’re only responsible for the minimum payment every month up until then. Perhaps if you had until Thanksgiving to pay off your $300 you could scrape it together and still get to take your class.</p>
<p>Its due on the 9th of september. :(</p>
<p>and i’ll ask about that when i call tommorow</p>