<p>I'm going to be going to Harvard this fall, but I had a question about my financial package. I got a scholarship from Harvard labeled "Personal Expenses," about 3000 dollars. Does this come in cash, or is it in Crimson Cash?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Neither. That is the amount that Harvard figures you will spend on personal expenses. They calculated that when they figured your parent contribution and work study/term-time job. The same is true of transportation costs; you don’t actually get them reimbursed. This formula is not unique to Harvard. Most, if not all, financial aid packages work the same way.</p>
<p>You should also be aware that if you do not want to accept your work study/term-time job (if that has been offered) you can easily “trade that in” for a loan. However, the loan will be directly applied to your bill.</p>
<p>I added in my scholarships I received, which was over the amount for my work study/term-time job, and exceeded the personal expenses. Does this mean that I can still get some of my scholarships in cash, or does it reduce all of the scholarships Harvard gives me, as well as my work study/term-time job?</p>
<p>Thanks, twinmom, for helping out!</p>
<p>Silver, I’m in a similar situation. My outside scholarships exceed both my work study and expected student contribution. I called Harvard Financial Aid and talked with a representative there (members of the class of 2013 aren’t assigned financial aid officers until later in July, I understand - so I will be calling them again later this month to follow up). The gentleman I talked to explained that I am eligible for the computer reimbursement program (up to $2500). He also noticed my excess number of outside scholarship awards and explained that some of them would go to cover my Harvard College Scholarship. Also, the financial aid officer explained that the $3232 personal expenses would appear as a positive credit on my term bill (ditto the amount reimbursed for the computer) and told me I could request that the positive credit be returned to me in a return check some time after registration.</p>
<p>I hope that helps! Perhaps you should call Harvard Financial Aid and see what they say to you about this.</p>
<p>^ ^ I agree. Call Harvard Financial Aid and they will be happy to help you!</p>
<p>I seriously wonder how you landed a spot in Harvard’s class of 2013 and couldn’t figure that out yourself.</p>
<p>^ Tell me, reptil, exactly what I couldn’t figure out. All of those people who helped me and gave be constructive advice gave me exactly that: advice. I am here not to show how much I know, but ask other people for help. How do you know that I haven’t called the Financial Aid Office already? I asked a similar question once before to the FAO and received an uncertain answer. If you don’t know anything about me, I would like to ask you to keep your negative comments to yourself and judge your own self before you criticize others.</p>
<p>Oh, one last thing. Who gave you the ability to somehow know who is eligible to be in the Harvard Class of 2013? I worked hard, and obviously I’m not without brains. I hope you respect that.</p>
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<p>Yeah dood to be accepted to harvard you have to know all about the nuances of financial aid packages. Thanks for contributing positively to this site!!</p>
<p>reptil, and I wonder how you got into Cornell, if you couldn’t even find the answer to these questions yourself: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/740964-cornell-university-system.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/740964-cornell-university-system.html</a></p>
<p>hahaha XD
nice =D</p>
<p>It seems like you’ve resolved your issue, so I don’t really have anything constructive to add. :)</p>
<p>Wow guys. I was just kidding and pointing at the myth of that Harvard students should know everything. I guess irony isn’t that easy to detect in written form.</p>
<p>If you felt offended in any way, I apologize.</p>