Does anyone know when we can get financial aide to pay for books. I had aide for 3100 and after tuition and fees were payed I have about 1100 left to use for books or whatever. I heard funds won’t be disbursed until October but I need books by August 20th. I’m sure I’ll just ask the school but wanted to see if anyone else knew of anything . Thanks !
Disbursement dates and policies vary by schools. Talk to the Student Financial Services department
Every school is different. One of my kids got any remaining funds a few days before school even started, through a direct deposit. The other kid’s school took forever, about 3 weeks after school started they’d process the refund, and then it had to be sent through a check issuing third party and mailed. She tried to sign up for direct deposit but it didn’t work and we finally gave up and she graduated.
Some schools have an arrangement with the bookstore to let you charge the books and then bill them to your account. Check with your school to see if you can do that.
Did you have a summer job? Maybe you could use your earnings from that to pay for your first semester books.
As others said, Check with the school, but typically you will get a refund faster with direct deposit so make sure you have that set up.