<p>i plan to email the financial aid office about this, but i haven't completely planned out what i'm going to say.</p>
<p>a month ago, i had missing verification forms. so uvm sent me an estimated financial aid award that included about $8000 of loans. and some grants, one of which was the henderson grant of $10 000. then i sent in my missing forms and they sent me an actually award package which was pretty much the same, except my henderson grant was taken off! and the $10 000 was added to my federal plus loan. does this make sense at all? is that even possible?</p>
<p>because i can't think of any reason why they would take 10 000 dollars away! it's a lot of money, especially to me, in my financial situation.</p>
<p>We filled out a missing form and they took away $5,000 grant from my son, but NEVER NOTIFIED US. I just happened to call about the Financia Aid office about another matter and the woman seemed to answering a question I never asked. After I hung up (quite confused), I decided to check the award online and lo and behold, the grant $$ was cut in half. The “missing form” was info about how much we contribute to our 401K. Apparently they belive we should gamble our retirement on our son’s education. I wonder how many people have accepted a spot without knowing what their true FA package is.</p>
<p>I think it’s an abbreviation for the latin name universitatus verdis montanii (university of the green mountains in my horribly garbled latin) I’m sure some current studnet will post the correct name.</p>
<p>whoo! my problem is solved! it was an error! whew. i don’t know why it’s UVM when vermont is VT, but wiki says it stands for Universitas Viridis Montis. i think wiki is pretty reliable. sometimes.</p>
<p>it’ll be terrible if a lot of people entered college without knowing an increase in their loans. that’s why it’s good to just double check the awards.</p>
<p>^ Glad you got your situation resolved. I hope it doesn’t happen to anyone including me! It is such a hassle calling in and getting things fixed.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s a real hassle trying to straighten out a situation wherein you are receiving FREE money. Perhaps it would be better if you received no aid. That way you wouldn’t have such a hassle. Being grateful should not be such a burden. Think about it.</p>
<p>The hassle is being scared witless that what you thought was an affordable education is suddenly going to put you $40,000 in debt. It’s not the phone call. It’s the fear and uncertainty, which for many people is real and justified.</p>