Money for college books????

Question

well im new at the university but my financial aid cover everything for me im supposed to paid $48,000 including books and when adding all my scholarships and loan it adds up to $47,989 so my question is does the university have to give me a check or something to me in order for me to buy the books????

Answer 1

You need to check with your financial aid office, because different colleges handle the bookstore process differently. At some schools, you can stop by financial aid and receive a bookstore voucher that you simply hand in when you get to the checkout counter. At other schools, you don't even need a voucher - you just go to the bookstore and when it comes time to check out, you hand them your student ID, and they run it through the register terminal and the bookstore employee sees that your books are "taken care of". Other schools probably have other variations on the theme.

Bottom line -there's some way for you to go to the bookstore and walk out without paying, and you'll need to contact financial aid and find out exactly what system is in place at your school.

Enjoy your classes!