Financial Aid Disbursement?

<p>Does anyone know how the financial aid and bursar work? From what I've gathered so far, any financial aid you get is disburse to your Bursar account and you just use that to pay for tuition and fees. However, these tuition and fees are display on the Bursar website only a few days before your classes start. If the fees aren't paid, then your classes are cancel. That just doesn't seem right. What happens if there something wrong and the aid you were expecting doesn't show up on your account? How are you suppose to gather a large amount of money in the short interval they give you? </p>

<p>I'm asking this because I was given HOPE for my Late Short Summer Semester. But just a few days ago, I checked my award letter and the fund was gone. WHAT?! Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated. I feel like I have no idea what's going on and classes start in just 2 weeks. I wished there was more help and information for incoming students. Forums like this one is where I finding most of my answers, so thank you in advance.</p>