<p>Hello folks. So I got into UCSD (yay!), and have submitted my tax documents last week. Today, I went to see my financial aid status, and under the FAQ, it states:</p>
<p>"The Financial Aid Office uses your UCSD E-mail account as the official means of communicating your financial aid status, including when your awards are ready for review.</p>
<p>So, after seeing that all of the tax documents have been received, I go to the UCSD webmail (<a href="https://acs-webmail.ucsd.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php)%5B/url%5D">https://acs-webmail.ucsd.edu/squirrelmail/src/login.php)</a>, in order to see my financial aid notifications. </p>
<p>But, alas, what is this ACS server they ask me to choose? So I go to the bullet point "Don't know your username / ACS server?" From there I input the necessary information to get the username, and get this puzzling message:</p>
<p>"Note, however, that most newly accepted students are automatically registered, after the SIR (statement of intent to register) deadline in mid-May, and prior to Orientation. You will receive information from the Registrar on how to access your account, and/or your account will appear in this lookup tool or via a link from Tritonlink at that time. If you have received information directly from your college but not the Registrar, you may need to wait to hear from the Registrar or check back later (again, mid-May for new Fall undergraduates) to see if your ACS account has been automatically activated.</p>
<p>Wait a minute...I wanted to see my financial aid notifications to help me decide whether to go to UCSD or to another UC (more financial aid = the UC I'll go to). But I can only see them AFTER I submitted the SIR? How is that supposed to help me? That doesn't make sense at all... </p>
<p>Maybe, I'm not doing something right, can anyone help?</p>