<p>On the financial aid website, I read that financial aid will be disbursed to our CARS account approximately a week prior to the semester...but in order to be considered registered, we need to pay our fees by August 15. Is our financial aid supposed to be disbursed prior to this deadline...There is no way that I can pay the fees without my financial aid, so is there a problem in waiting??
Thanks in advance!!</p>
<p>I would also like an answer to ngj789’s question. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I agree, what a silly rule. I don’t know if it applies across the board, but at Cal Poly they won’t drop you for non-payment until the first day of classes.</p>
<p>Yeah im having the same question!!</p>
<p>We gotta pay it by august 15… i saw on the site that they give out financial aid starting august 10 and once it says paid on the myfinaid website then it takes 2 days to go into the CARS account… so i was thinking at least by today it would come out so i can pay on the 15th… but i dont think thats gonna happen… Anyone know whats going on???</p>
<p>I was/am still kind of worried about this. But if I go into BearFacts, my registration status has been updated to “Registered” (which wasn’t the case before last week). MyFinAid also reflects that my fall awards have already been disbursed. Maybe it’s just taking awhile for the system to update itself. I was able to sign up for a meal plan after that, which I wasn’t able to do before I was “registered.” I think we’re good…</p>
<p>where does it say registered on bearfacts??</p>
<p>I tried calling financial aid and cars billing regarding this but the phones were off/busy. i ALSO tried emailing both but they both send an email back asking us to look at FAQ to answer our questions due to the high volume of emails they recieve. BULL SHET.</p>
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<p>There’s a bit of leeway with that due date and worst comes to worst, you get a $40 late fee, that’s it.</p>
<p>I clicked on “refund summary” under the CARS tab in BearFacts.</p>
<p>Also, if you click on “reg fee summary” under Registration, it will display a breakdown of costs, etc. Mine is displaying a balance of zero.</p>
<p>I see that my registration fees have been paid, but the amount that has been ‘paid’ does not line up with the amount of aid that was paid to pay my fees or the amount of aid that was granted to me for the fall semester.</p>
<p>Are you due for a refund? That won’t hit until sometime next week (1 week before classes start).</p>