07-09-2003 19:36									#1
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I really should learn how to read bills but i can't right now so could you help me understand my tuition bill. i'm copying it exactly as it is:

Balance Summary:

Fall 2003:
PA Resident Tuition 4067.00
Fees 425.00
Meal Plan Charges 1088.00
Credits 150.00- (minus sign here)
Estimated Financial Aid Credit 8258.00-

Financial Aid Information Fall 2003

Fund name/Offered/Applied

Pell Grant 2025 0
Federal Perkins Loan 370 0
Federal S.E.O.G. Grant 50 0
PA Stafford Loan 1313 0
University Scholarship 2250 0
M Liebovitz Schlp 2250 0
Financial aide 8258 0

Awards not applied to your balance

Federal Work Study 690


Activity Since Last Statement
Previous Account Balance .00

Fall 2003 and prior semester activity

Tuition Deposit 150.00-
Residence Hall Dep (which i also took back) 200.00-
Paymt transfer to (which i took back) 50.00-
Refund Check (the refund for above) 250.00
Diamon dollars (some weird temple U currency) 150.00
Meal Plan Charge 1088
Tuition 4067
Gen Activity Fee Adj 25
Stud. Facilities Fee 25
Computer/tech Fee 100
Student Health fee 50
Matriculation fee 45
Recreation Serv Free 30

Future Semester Activity
Residence Hall Escrqsp 50-
Paymt transder from sp 50

Total Account Balance 5430.00

Payment summary:
Current 2828.00-
Prior .00
Payment now due .00
Due Date 9-9-03

what does that all mean? how much do i owe?

Last edited by Albert Speer on 07-09-2003 at 20:09

	07-09-2003 19:37									#2
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Huh?

	07-09-2003 19:37									#3
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what the hell? damn i typed in enter and it sent the thread... hold on a few minutes while i copy the bill

	07-09-2003 19:52									#4
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You owe nothing. Think of it as a bank: Your student aid has "deposited" $8,258.00 into your college tuition account. For this semester you have "spent" $2828.00, leaving your account with $5,430.00. The rest of the stuff is detail, telling you how the $2828 was spent.

	07-09-2003 19:52									#5
	Got spare money?

It means you're broke

	07-09-2003 19:53									#6
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But it is always better to check with your Financial Aid officer than to rely on my (or anybody else on this board) word for it.

	07-09-2003 20:02									#7
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JohnT:

huh? how did i only spend 2828? tuition alone is 4067....

	07-09-2003 20:04									#8
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Erp, maybe I got that backward... you spent the $5k and have the $2.8k left over. That is why you need to talk to somebody who works there, rather than going on the net and asking random people.

	07-09-2003 20:05									#9
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Payment now due .00

You owe nothing.

	07-09-2003 20:06									#10
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OTOH, it doesn't read like I got that backward.... perhaps they take their funds in two equal payments?

	07-09-2003 20:08									#11
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Quite true. If there's anything on your bill that looks even slightly suspicious after you've checked it over several times, then go to the Finance office (or whatever) at your uni and ask them about it. I've found myself owing my uni money on more than one occasion because of stupid mistakes they've made, and if I hadn't gone and asked them about it I'd have been the one in ****.

	07-09-2003 20:12									#12
	Got spare money?

yeah i got to go there anyway to take off this Meal Plan nonsense... i never signed up for the cafeteria thing. though if in fact they charged me for the meal plan and because of my scholarships, aid, etc. it's free, i'd take the food. i just dont want to pay for it.

but what do the minus signs mean?

	07-09-2003 20:15									#13
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It means the same that it meant in math class - deduct those figures:

quote: PA Resident Tuition 4067.00 Fees 425.00 Meal Plan Charges 1088.00 Credits 150.00- (minus sign here) Estimated Financial Aid Credit 8258.00-

4067
+ 425
+ 1088
- 150
- 8258
-----------
$2828.00

	07-09-2003 20:15									#14
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They seem to indicate money that you're being given in the form of grants and financial aid. Because these payments are used to directly pay off some of your costs, the minus signs are showing that your total payments are being decreased,

	07-09-2003 20:17									#15
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but why is it that on the financial aid info section, all my funds, grants, etc. say they aren't applied?

	07-09-2003 20:20									#16
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Fund name/Offered/Applied

Pell Grant 2025 0
Federal Perkins Loan 370 0
Federal S.E.O.G. Grant 50 0
PA Stafford Loan 1313 0
University Scholarship 2250 0
M Liebovitz Schlp 2250 0
Financial aide 8258 0

They are applied, apart from the $690 Federal Work Study one.

	07-09-2003 20:26									#17
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so it looks like i'm getting the meal plan thing free, paying all my bills, and having a 2828 surplus in my account?

damn... maybe i should see if i can get rid of some of those loans?

	07-09-2003 20:29									#18
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Don't know. That's why you should check with your F. Aid Officer.

	07-09-2003 21:40									#19
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Re: your meal plan, keep in mind that they may not serve food every day (they don't serve food on Sunday down here at UT), and you're gonna get really sick of the food really fast - that is, you're gonna want to go out a lot, so you might keep the surplus money for extra food.

Also, did you buy your books yet?

	07-09-2003 21:47									#20
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Maybe the $2,828 extra is because they expect you to live in a dorm room. If this is the case, you might as well move to a dorm room.

Talking with a financial aid officer seems to be in order. You don't want to leave any money on the table that will make your life easier. It's a capital crime for a student to do so.

	07-09-2003 22:03									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer so it looks like i'm getting the meal plan thing free, paying all my bills, and having a 2828 surplus in my account? damn... maybe i should see if i can get rid of some of those loans?

you can fork over the money to me. I could use some extra financial aid this semester.

****ing gay ass SUNY tuition increase...........

	08-09-2003 00:07									#22
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It means you're being repressed by bourgeois suburban liberals in mansions.

	08-09-2003 01:29									#23
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and they're white, lest we forget!

	08-09-2003 02:51									#24
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It actually means you're keeping the black man down by using white suburban liberal programs to subsidize your education.

	08-09-2003 02:57									#25
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell It means you're broke

heh

	08-09-2003 02:59									#26
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT Don't know. That's why you should check with your F. Aid Officer.

The idea that a person should go to someone more professional and knowledgeable, than getting "information" from Apolytoners . . . . .


good idea.

	09-09-2003 06:32									#27
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well i went and found out... i got a 2.8K surplus so i will be getting a check to that amount... makes me regret doing those forms for the student loans that i will not need... oh well. i kept the meal plan (which is served everyday) but the thing is i only got classes 3 days a week and i can get 10 meals a week but i'll probably be going down there a bit... hang around in girl's dorm rooms and then go eat with them. you know me

	09-09-2003 06:35									#28
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	09-09-2003 06:36									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Kaak need a new dell?

Whore!

	09-09-2003 06:41									#30
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damn right