<p>Hi, my tuition bill is screwed up somehow. I contacted them and they seem to be doing nothing and I'm freaking out because I still owe 1,900 dollars. My parent took out in loans the EFC that was on the financial aid planner. We were hoping we would be able to use some of that money for textbooks as well, so it looks like we will have to take out another 2500 dollars for this semester. How does my parent go about requesting more money for one semester. We don't know our service lender, so we have no idea on who to contact. If we apply for an additional plus loan, will it be credited to our account by the deadline (which is this friday)? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>You parents need to fill out a budget appeal form which is available on My Financial Aid
[USC</a> Financial Aid - My Financial Aid & Documents](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/my_fa/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/my_fa/)</p>
<p>You have to look at the USC cost of attendance (COA) ( [USC</a> Financial Aid - Applying & Receiving Financial Aid - Undergraduate - Costs](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates1/costs.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/applying_receiving/undergraduates1/costs.html) ) and compare to your actual cost of attending. Any of your costs that exceed USC’s COA can be included in your appeal.</p>
<p>For my son, he now lives in Gateway and the annual cost to live there is $10,700. USC estimates housing to be about $7500. We appealed on this item as well as his $900 in lab fees. </p>
<p>Also make sure that on your ParentsPlus loan, they have selected the option for a loan with the maximum amount allowed by the university. We made the mistake of selecting the option of a naming the amount of the loan. We named the wrong amount and it slowed everything down.</p>