<p>I did tell them today, but they told me I have to report it in my eFAN in the summer. Thanks for the info though man.</p>
<p>so I’m really confused as to how the whole financial aid thing works regarding housing
when i click to accept the housing offer, it says i’ll be making a total payment of about $13K by the end of the year, but my PAL says I could potentially receive enough to have to pay $11K for everything (tuition, room and board, etc).</p>
<p>Assuming I’ll actually receive that much, does this mean I just pay the initial payment now, but that I won’t have to pay $13K later? or do I pay the 13K and then get reimbursed at the end of the year? and what if i switch to a different dormroom during the room swap period; will my payment plan reflect that later?</p>
<p>“$13K by the end of the year, but my PAL says I could potentially receive enough to have to pay $11K for everything (tuition, room and board, etc).”</p>
<p>Huh? Rephrase. </p>
<p>Your ePAL doesn’t break your aid into “spending” categories, so I don’t know where you’re getting these numbers… </p>
<p>Whatever your housing payment says you’ll be paying, you’ll be paying for it. If you’re on the FA payment timeline, you’ll normally get the money before the deadlines so you don’t have to pay out of pocket. (But if you’re saying your housing is $13K and you somehow came up with 11K, you’re still short 2K. Or did you mean that you were 11K short? 0_o…)</p>
<p>And yes, you have to pay the initial payment now. (Whether or not you’re on financial aid and have money from FA yet.)</p>
<p>I meant that according to the ePAL, I have to pay about $11K for my freshman year
but the housing offer indicates I have to pay $13K, so I was confused as to when/how I would get the financial aid to cover that $2K.</p>
<p>I think you cleared it up for me, though. So do I get all of the money in the FA package at once at the beginning of the year, or do I receive portions of it before each deadline? Thanks!</p>
<p>You will receive your FA in three portions, as probably indicated by your ePAL.</p>
<p>About that $2K, you’re pretty much on your own. You can try to call the FAO and maybe submit a “reevaluation” (don’t think you can do that until you get your eFAN though…) Quite honestly, I don’t think UCLA will give you any more money, but it’s worth a try.</p>
<p>Suggestions: Get a loan, beg parents/family/friends, get a scholarship, or something. Your situation is nothing new, unfortunately. (I’m short about $3k).</p>
<p>So if you have the ‘financial aid’ option when you’re submitting your housing offer, do I choose that option? Or should I choose ‘quarterly’? …I’m still confused -.-;</p>
<p>Yes, you should choose “Financial Aid” option. Don’t think too hard. Everything will get clear when you have to do it anyways. I was really confused about it too until I had to do it.</p>
<p>do you know if you can still take out more on your loans? I was offered a certain amount but only accepted half of it…I think I need more now but I don’t know how to do it :(</p>
<p>Just call UCLA and tell them how you want to adjust it. They’ll probably also tell you to call the lender (or the federal government? since they changed it this year) to have that amount changed.</p>