<p>I'm going to be a junior in the Fall and moving off-campus into an apartment. My lease starts August 15th, yet I have to pay a full month's rent on Aug. 1st. is that normal? and my main question is, I'll be paying rent entirely with loans so when do students usually get the funds to use for what they need? I'm guessing not in time for August, but for september?</p>
<p>You need to check with your school as each school has their own policy. My daughter’s school starts around mid August. They give the ‘refund’ checks the week after the 2 week add/drop period so usually she gets it near the end of the 1st week of September. She had money from a summer job so was not relying on the refund check for September’s rent. My son’s school also starts at around the same time but they do not give the refund checks till several weeks later. I think it was in October, but maybe late September. </p>
<p>To be safe I would suggest saving enough money from your summer job to have August and September rent covered. But check with your school in case they have different policies to the above.</p>
<p>My daughter’s lease started August 1st so she had to pay a full months rent then. It does seem unusual to me to have to pay the months rent on the 1st if the lease does not start until the 15th (assuming you have already paid your deposit etc). But I admittedly don’t have a very broad experience of such things.</p>