<p>Can you qualify to get loans, through financial aid, for off campus housing?</p>
<p>Here's what happens:</p>
<p>If you qualify for financial aid then Cornell will figure in the cost of tuition and room + board as if you'd be living on campus. Once the aid has been distributed and tuition and other fees are covered...you will get a refund for the remainder of the aid and you use this to pay for off campus rent.</p>
<p>Last year....I received a refund of $7,000 each semester to pay for housing expenses.</p>