<p>Got notification today of my daughter's fall housing bill being due on July 25th. The fee invoice on her myUCF page has listed the $250 housing deposit that was paid by our Florida prepaid dormitory plan but there is no mention of how much the FPP will be paying for my daughter's Fall housing. Since she is in Towers, and it costs more than a standard double dorm room, I am aware that we need to pay the difference between the two. I cannot figure out what this difference is though. How does this work? Must we pay the entire bill and then wait to be reimbursed?</p>
<p>I am now answering my own question. I looked on LAST years housing contracts and they specifically stated how much you owe if you live in a dorm that costs more than the FPP dorm plan. The FPP (at least last year) will pay for the highest standard A/C double room. This is the academic village doubles. This year, a double room at academic village (Nike and Hercules) costs $2525. per semester. I believe that I only have to pay (by July 25th deadline) the difference between my daughter's Towers room and an academic village room (also minus the 250$ deposit). Is it safe to assume this (since it is not explicitly stated this way on the fee invoice)? Should I call and check first?</p>
<p>There is a formula on the housing website to determine how much you will owe:</p>
<p>UCF</a> Housing and Residence Life | Special Living Opportunities</p>
<p>So in this formula, you will include EVERYTHING, including bright futures, Florida Pre-Paid Tuition, Florida Pre-Paid dorm, and other financial aid and scholarships. If you get a negative number, that is how much you owe. If the number is positive, you don't owe anything. </p>
<p>Just like you, I have a Florida Pre-paid plan and I'm living in the towers. FL Pre-paid covers the first $2525, but I also have a $650 Pegasus scholarship, which alone brings my aid over the price of a towers dorm, so I don't have to pay anything. I confirmed this over the phone with housing.</p>
<p>ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH
Today the FPP dorm payment was credited to my daughter's account and I still owe $250!!!!! I didn't realize that the $250 dorm deposit that FPP gave UCF last winter gets subtracted from the amount that they pay for the semester. Why oh why can't UCF put down on your invoice what you actual owe!!! Now I have to pay an additional $10 credit card fee for a second payment to UCF. Very frustrating. They could have told me this when I called to ask what I would owe (and I spoke to one of their accountants!) two weeks ago!.</p>
<p>^^^ that would be too easy. :)</p>
<p>zebes</p>
<p>So just curious... if you have Bright Futures and a Pegasus Scholarship that you plan to apply to housing, how do you handle that? Do you just pay the fee for housing in July and then they'll send you the check from BF and UCF to pay you back?</p>
<p>SEICLAN - I wonder if you pay by check are you able to avoid the $10 credit card fee? At FSU there is no charge for paying by check either by mail or in person -- perhaps UCF has a similar policy.</p>
<p>Seiclan,
If you are really close with your fees after a good faith effort, they'll take a check for the balance, even if it's a few days late. Call them. You can avoid the $10 credit card charge.</p>
<p>Cybermom and mom2three: Yes, I could have paid by check and saved the $10 but I didn't. I do not trust snail mail with UCF (from past and current/ex. CLEP experience). If there were to be a next time, I would be wiser. But since we only have the 1 year dorm plan, next year (hopefully I can get her to stay on campus another year) we pay full tilt. </p>
<p>Infeatheredeyes- I don't believe that you can get a housing deferment for bright futures since it is "meant" to go toward tuition. I believe that you will have to pay the housing bill first out of pocket and use the BF credit to reimburse your bank account later. I strongly suggest that you call the housing office and ask to speak with an accountant (they have them available especially for this purpose) to clarify this. They may be able to make a special arrangement for you. I do not know how the scholarship works. Ask the accountant about this too.</p>
<p>Fees are due the 25th, correct?</p>
<p>I transfer the $$ to my son's account, and he walks over with a check. I love the Towers, except once per semester. Ouch!</p>
<p>That's why they pay you the big bucks! LOL, I am getting old, that never occured to me! Thank you. I will have my daughter do the same for the spring bill!</p>
<p>infeateredeyes -
between scholarships, grants, and florida pp, both of my d's tuition & housing are completely covered. The only thing we have had to pay up front is the housing deposit and enrollment deposit. What you need to do is estimate what will be due after your scholarship/grants are applied, and then make a good faith payment based on that amount. My older daughter is living off-campus this fall, so she will have to pay her rent up front, and then will be reimbursed when financial aid is dispursed into her bank account after the drop/add period is over.</p>
<p>I spoke with an accountant about my towers payment, and he said that my FL Pre-paid plan and $600/semester pegasus scholarship would be enough to cover it, so I don't owe anything. I calculated it and he was right.....barely. I would only have $20 left over to put into my bank account. I thought this story could help someone here if they also happen to have pegasus bronze and pre-paid.</p>
<p>Spoke with housing today. I don't pay anything up front, they will automatically use my Bright Futures, financial aid, and Pegasus Scholarship to go toward Housing (as we have prepaid to cover tuition).</p>
<p>Similar situation as dvm258. Because Bright Futures will owe me quite a bit of money each semester (after housing), it will give me the money. The guy at housing said it'll usually take 3 weeks for them to send you a check with the leftover, and so it's faster to hook up your checking account to MyUCF so it gets directly deposited.</p>
<p>So no... nothing paid up front. If you have it covered through BF and other things (that UCF's site acknowledges) you can ignore the housing payment deadline.</p>