Financial Aid confusions line-by-line

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<p>I am somewhat confused by some things shown on my Current Account Activity page and I was wondering if someone can shed some light...</p>

<p>GRANTS:
09/08/10 FEDERAL PELL GRANT 462.00
09/08/10 ACAD COMP GRANT (GL-1) 62.00<br>
09/02/10 FEDERAL PELL GRANT 1,388.00 (Isn't this a duplicate of the one listed above? Why is the value different though?)
09/02/10 UCSD GRANT-IN-AID 4,366.00<br>
09/02/10 ACAD COMP GRANT (GL-1) 188.00 (This one is also duplicated from the one listed above.)</p>

<p>QUESTION:
(Does this subtract from my total amount owed or add to the total amount owed?)
09/01/10 SIR Deposit ECheck 100.00 </p>

<p>FEES AND DUES:
09/01/10 Fall Qtr Warren Coll Activ Fee 7.32
09/01/10 Fall Qtr University Center Fee 76.50
09/01/10 Fall Qtr Registration Fee 300.00
09/01/10 Fall Qtr Recreation Facil Fee 92.00 (Is this mandatory?)
09/01/10 Non Resident Tuition Fall 7,341.00
09/01/10 Fa Qtr Mand Hlth Ins-USHIP 290.00
09/01/10 Fall Qtr Education Fee 3,420.00 (What the heck is this?)
09/01/10 Fall Qtr ICA Activity Fee 118.24 (Is this mandatory?)
09/01/10 Fall Qtr Campus Activity Fee 47.82
08/31/10 UG HOUSING E-CHECK PREPAYMENT 650.00 (Do I get this back later?)
08/31/10 Admin Charge 21.00
08/31/10 Qtrly Install DBL Rm+Dining 3,846.00 (Some people's fee for this is around $1000 even though they are getting the same type of room and dining plan. Very confused...)</p>

<p>Thank you so much for reading through this and giving me a helping hand!</p>

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<p>My adjusted amount due right now is $6517 after subtracting both the Subsidized AND the Unsubsidized loans from the grand total owed. It was $7000+ before Wednesday.</p>

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<p>It will say those things, the SIR was something you already paid, so you’re good there. The $100 will go towards paying for those fees and stuff.
To answer your questions:

  1. I don’t get Pell grants or academic competitive grant so I don’t know how they work. :confused: As long as you get as much money as you are allotted per quarter, I’d say you’re good.
  2. The recreation fee is mandatory. So take advantage of it and work out lots!
  3. The “education fee” is pretty much the UC version of tuition for instate people, as far as I am concerned. Its what we pay to take classes, and went up quite a bit mid last year.
  4. The activity fee is also mandatory.
  5. Your housing prepayment goes toward your fees, you already paid it I assume (to get a place on campus). Its a deposit, so you technically get it back but then it goes back to pay fees.
  6. According to some email, housing fees were all done as “double…” but then they’ll adjust it to whatever you’re really getting and paying, maybe others have had that done already? Check the housing and dining website and calculate the quarterly price for living in the type of room you have. If it matches up what you are paying, no worries. If not, call housing to make sure things are good.</p>

<p>Hope that helped! :)</p>

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<p>@hopefullyokay Thank you for the help and tips! I’ll try to check up on the housing fee at a later time again to make sure everything is okay.</p>

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<p>Does any one else have a negative number for amount owed?</p>

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<p>@Gringo</p>

<p>I do. That just means the financial aid awarded exceeds the amount of fees that you need to pay, which means there will actually be money deposited into your bank account (if you signed up for direct deposit) or a check mailed to your permanent address (if you didn’t sign up.)</p>