<p>I'm still very confused about the Financial Aid Process... someone wanna help me? </p>
<p>Okay. So I signed up for the E-bill and it says I have to pay a certain amount. Now where does my financial aid (grants and scholarships) get deposited into? Does it go into my Bank account? Then do I pay the balance using my debit card? Or am I totally wrong? lol. Thanks.</p>
<p>Yeah you are pretty wrong....</p>
<p>Your financial aid awards go to your CARS and pays all your fees, then if there is money left over, you get that sent to your checking account.</p>
<p>Lol. Haha. Okay. So first the grants and scholarships get credited to your account (CARS) thus decreasing your balance (Does all the grants and scholarhips do this? So if you have to pay 15k, do the grants and scholarships cut that down?). Then you pay the remaining balance? Hrm...</p>
<p>when do scholarships get deducted from the fee? I received my e-bill but my scholarship has NOT been deducted?</p>
<p>Just wait a few days (weeks), and magically the scholarship grant will appear (before Aug. 15th)!</p>
<p>ok so.....i'm still confused but i guess im starting to get it a lot. anyways....</p>
<p>my CARS e-bill statement says my balance is 13364.75. this is after my account got credited with 2425 from grants and stuff and my total charges are 15769.75. but now i still owe 2591.75 where am i supposed to come up with that kind of money? do i just keep waiting till my financial aid keeps crediting my account till the balance is less? i wish berkeley did a better job of explaining this. help?</p>
<p>oh and one more thing. like when i DO pay.....wheres that money coming from? if its coming from my bank account doesnt that mean scholarship money has to go into my bank account so i can pay with it? lol thanks</p>
<p>No. The scholarship is automatically used to pay for your bill. You never actually get to "touch" the money with your hands, so to say.</p>