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<li><p>where and how do we pay the student contribution? some people are saying it's not paid directly to the school but that it's money the school wants us to earn to spend on personal expenses and such. others are saying that the student contribution does have to be paid to the university.</p></li>
<li><p>i noticed that personal expenses are included in the cost of attendance at georgetown. my student contribution is 710, but the personal expenses budget is $1868. how do i get the approx. $1100 difference to use?</p></li>
<li><p>i posted this in another thread but i know that if you have outside scholarships this reduces the student and parent contributions...if my scholarship can cover both the family contribution and still have a remaining balance, is that amount deducted from the loans in the GU financial aid package? or does GU subtract the outside scholarship amount from the GU scholarship (and leave the loans)?</p></li>
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