Financial Aid

Well, looks like I did get financial aid after all! $4250 in scholarships, not even loans! That makes my payment to Semester at Sea cheaper than my bill to USD! I just wish I had worked on the financial aid sooner, or at least paid attention to the due dates better. I had to overnight my application for work study, costing an extra $14, and I didn't end up getting it. And I missed the deadline for the full-ride scholarship by a few days. If there is one thing I've learned, it's not to procrastinate. Even though this paperwork is in no ways fun, it is so necessary to get them done early, or else I end up scrambling and stressing about getting them in on time. And making copies of everything is so important too! I've turned in a few papers so far without making a copy beforehand, and I've had to get them re-signed a few times. My disciplinary clearance form didn't arrive so I had to get the school to fill it out again, and I had to have my adviser and the psychology department chair sign my declaration of major form twice because I didn't make a copy before turning it into One Stop. Overall, this process requires a lot of diligence, something I have been overall lacking :/