Can I expect to recieve my scholarship money before school starts?

Paying for College
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<p>Hey, I'm a returning sophomore at the University of Houston who just received the $5,000 Eugene H. Hughes scholarship from Bauer for top finance students. This is kind of a heaven sent since the towards the tail end of spring semester my laptop was stolen and made finals hell. The money I'm getting is being split $2,500 each semester which is just enough to get a nice computer with a good sum left, thing is I'd really prefer to have my laptop before the first day of classes & be able to take advantage of some of the deals going on at various stores so I'd have more $$ left over for other expenses. </p>

<p>So does anyone w/ scholarship experience know if I could expect to get scholarship money to spend BEFORE the first day of classes?</p>

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<p>You’d need to call the school to find out what they’ll do when they get the money.</p>

<p>Do you know when your school will ACTUALLY receive the money?</p>

<p>usually, schools apply all money towards your school costs…and then if there’s a positive balance, they’ll refund that money a couple of weeks after school starts.</p>

<p>How are the rest of your school costs covered? What kind of aid do you get? How much does your school cost?</p>

<p>Is it possible that your school will reduce your aid because of this scholarship?</p>