Financial Aid Fears
Housing? Books? Meal Plan? Loans? FASFA? Refund checks? All these things are scarey and quickly add up in price. Reading the information on SAIL can be pretty confusing. But, don’t fear because there are people there to help you. The Financial Aid office. Watching the people come out of the cubical of offices crying and be pretty intimidating. And the long wait in line can add to the fear. But everyone needs to make sure they are in good standing. This should be done before the bill is due. So, you don’t realize you now owe the school a few thousand dollars.
The advisors understand students don’t exactly like going to see them, or hearing what they have to say sometimes. Truly, they are there to help the students get through school financially. A student can work out a payment plan and even get help finding loans if needed. Financial aid isn’t all bad. Its nice when they send you a check with “left over” money.
As a freshman I was pretty scared going to see the advisor. As I was waiting in line I was coming up with a back up plan incase my financial aid didn’t go through for whatever reason. Worried, I sat in line for what seemed like forever. Just to find out, things were ok and I was all set. So words of advice for freshman, don’t be scared to ask questions! They are there to help you, not push you away!!
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