Pending credits on net.pay

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<p>hi guys. is anyone else's net.pay account still shows "pending credits"? </p>

<p>the due date is august 7th, so i was wondering if i should pay the total amount shown on net.pay right now, or i should wait until "pending" becomes "actual"? </p>

<p>im a first year student, so thx for the clarification and responses! =)</p>

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<p>Cornell’s netpay is a *****SHOW.

  1. Make sure you’ve signed up for “Housing”, “Meal plan”, “undergrad tuition fee”, (“student activity fee”). These are the usual charges before the semester starts. You don’t want an extra $2000+ fee surprise after you’ve written the check.
  2. Check your pending credits breakdown. For all of the “loans”, they’re assuming you can get that money before the 7th. (which is BS because here in Canada that’s when you start applying for that)
  3. Check your “grants” if you have any and make sure it matches Finaid, if you can even see it yet. This might be part of your “pending credits” at the moment. Ignore that and treat it as “Actual credits”
  4. Now look at your “total due”. Add all of your “loans” (the loans that are DIRECTLY handed to YOU, and not the school) to your “due” and that should be a good amount to write a check or wire for. </p>

<p>basically, (Charges)-(actual credits)+(direct loans from pending credits).</p>

<p>If you have scholarships or something, I have no clue where those fit in.
Usually, after I do this, there’s still some other random crap like tax withholding and PE class fees so I usually write another check once I get on campus.
This is usually how I go about doing it. It’s really really annoying imo</p>

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<p>If you’re waiting for loans or scholarships to get disbursed, then make sure to COMMUNICATE that with the FA/Bursar’s Office. Keeping them notified will get you leniency. </p>

<p>Also I think any loans getting disbursed to Cornell (e.g. Federal Stafford) or scholarships are simply credits regardless of whether they’re pending or actual. Meaning you shouldn’t include those in the amount due check. Just make sure they get disbursed soon to change their status to “actual”</p>

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<p>My dad messed up the FAFSA so I’m still waiting for my final financial aid. It should come in the next few weeks. But my dad also signed up for the installment plan, so I’m pretty sure that we’ll have overpayed by the time i get my FA. Is that a problem?</p>