Which UCLA housing payment plan to use?

I have 4 different options for payment plans:

Plan A (Monthly) requires an initial payment by the due date stated in the offer. There are two more installments due in July and August. The balance of the contract is then paid in nine monthly installments due the first of each month from September through May.

Plan B (Quarterly) requires an initial payment by the due date stated in the offer. There are two more installments due in July and August. The balance of the contract is then paid in three quarterly installments due October 1, January 1, and April 1.

Plan C (Full) requires full payment by the due date stated in the offer.

Plan G (Financial and Quarterly) Only students who are eligible for Plan G will have this option displayed on their Housing Offer. If the student receives financial aid and plans to use the disbursement during the academic year to make housing payments, the student may be eligible for this payment option. Students who receive financial aid are able to make a smaller initial payment prior to the due date stated in the offer. There are two more installment due in July and August. The larger balance of the contract is deferred to the academic year and is divided into three quarterly payments due October 1, January 1, and April 1. These due dates are scheduled to coincide with the dates of the financial aid disbursements.

Does this mean that Plan G is the only one where I’m not allowed to use my financial aid to pay? I got a full ride, and am planning to use the financial aid to pay for all my housing/meal payments. Can I just pick Plan C and it’ll automatically use my financial aid to pay for the whole thing?

Why don’t you call housing and financial aid? Kinda a lot riding on this to be asking an anonymous message board.

I think your financial aid will be disbursed quarterly if it is being provided through the university. So you will need to pick the financial aid plan. If it is coming direct to you from an external source then you need to ask how they disburse it (but I doubt you’d get it all at once). Note that the total amount paid under plans A, B and C is the same, so availability of funds is the only reason to distinguish them.

Not sure if you will have to make the initial payments for Plan G and have them reimbursed later. Call and ask about that.