Financial Aid/Solar

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stony Brook University - SUNY
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<p>Hi I have some concerns/questions, much appreciated for any help I can receive.
Currently on my SOLAR account it says:</p>

<p>FA Award Response 2011-2012
04/01/2011<br>
Not Received </p>

<p>"Items with a status of 'NOT RECEIVED' require you to take immediate action."</p>

<p>I've clicked it and it instructed me to go View My Financial Aid via the main page again which I do so. </p>

<p>Now I'm in my View/Decline FinAid for my 2011-2012 year where it tells me what I have been offered.</p>

<p>Fed Pell Grant: 5,550
<em>Is my FAFSA pretty much done? Does this mean I don't have to worry about FAFSA anymore and can just forget it till the next year?
Estimated TAP: 4,995
*</em>Concerning TAP, I never had any response from them, I was told the state budget had not been passed so they will contact me when they do but I'm kind of worried about whether my application was processed properly. </p>

<p>So my concerns for financial aid is that what if I don't receive any TAP and if my FAFSA suddenly changes? </p>

<p>So I've accepted the grants/scholarships and ignored the offered loans, I don't want to end up in debt. My To Do List still says the same and the status still reads "Not Received". Do I have to reject the loans for this message to go away? By default it already accepted Pell Grant/TAP & I manually accepted my Presidential Scholarship, just the direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized loans left unattended to. I don't know for sure if I want them or not yet.</p>

<p>Last but not least should I expect anymore offers/scholarships? I have $11,545 total but:
Tuition: 4,970
Room: 6,442
Meal: 3,480 (Bronze, how do people only eat 2 meals a day anyway, assuming the weekends I go back to the city)
Fees: 1,610
(I think I have Health Insurance, in which I assume I don't need that?)
Books: 900 (How much are books for a typical Comp Sci major anyway?)
Transportation & Personal Expenses: 1,868 (Not sure how this one was calculated)</p>

<p>This adds up to $19,270, leaving me with $7,725 which I think I can pay off with loans working at a part time job hopefully but wouldn't mind anymore assistance.</p>

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<p>I would suggest calling the financial aid office. I ended up with the same exact results as you lol</p>

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<p>Wow, the meals plan are expensive at SB. My daughter’s upstate is 300 less per year and her cafs are open on the weekend. I hear SB has relatively limited food choices on the weekends on campus.</p>

<p>Factor in your travel costs if you’re suitcasing it…</p>

<p>As for books, I take the bookstore prices and ISBN’s and then compare them to several on line sites and then I pick and choose. I refuse to pay shipping and never have, even without Amazon Prime, which I also refuse to pay for. You can get used books for most classes and if you post on your school’s FB or other sites, you might be able to get a deal from someone who’s done with the books.</p>

<p>Check on the health insurance. If yours covers you at school, you will have to get a letter from your carrier to give to the school before they will take the cost off.</p>