School started January 21st, yippy!!! I paid my bill and everything so I thought everything was going to be fine. Last week I found out I was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Switzer Foundation for Medical Technologist. I was happy but then again annoyed, if I would have received this scholarship at the beginning of the year like I was suppose to I could have saved $2,000. Anyway when I went to check my bill I saw I had a surplus of $1,999.00 which I could use for books as long as all my other financial aid cleared. I checked my financial aid again today and found out that I know owe $334 because TAP ( a $2,334 scholarship) hasn't been certified by the school. Of course I'm going nuts because as long as that $334 is only my bill I'm responsible for the interest that's added on. So I call the school and ask why it hasn't been certified and I get the rudest person. She said I'm not the state I can't tell you what your getting. Well that wasn't my question now was it? I asked why hasn't the school certified the scholarship? Oo you'll have to wait until March or April. What!? Why do I have to wait so long when my boyfriend who goes to the same school had his certified on Tuesday the day before school and now has $1,000 to spend on books! I ask her is there anything to speed up the process because that surplus would really help me pay for my textbooks because I don't have anym money left after paying damn near $6,400 on tuition which doesn't include the $400 I spent on books last semester!!! Ahh. She tells me oh I guess you'll have to pay for you books out of pocket then and save the money for next semester or pay the $334 and they'll release the reward money to my account once I have a $0 balance 
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I'm very annoyed! Even if I buy the books used I'll still need atleast $400. I need 2 chemistry textbooks and 2 chemistry lab books, a calculus book and some textbook for my pharmacogenomics class. Those textbooks use are around $100 each and the lab books would mostly need to be new
. I'm very annoyed! Even if I buy the books used I'll still need atleast $400. I need 2 chemistry textbooks and 2 chemistry lab books, a calculus book and some textbook for my pharmacogenomics class. Those textbooks use are around $100 each and the lab books would mostly need to be new
