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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 24-08-2004 at 03:22:

That time of the year

Hmmm...it appears to be time for the financial aid office's "Make Elvin suffer by making her jump hurdles to get her account settled" annual party. Hurrah! Happy Shock

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Posted by Cep on 24-08-2004 at 07:41:

It is also "look for mass cash injection from holiday" party time for Cep too.

Perhaps we can swap balloons and things?

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Posted by meridianday on 24-08-2004 at 09:56:

And it's the "stores cash in from all that back-to-school shopping" time too. Although fortunately my daughter doesn't need much more than school uniform bits yet, I can see in years to come it will become far more painful...

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 24-08-2004 at 15:48:

Try signing up for Beaver-Scouts, music, swimming, Pilates, and the biweekly babysitter. Already paid in advance for the Playschool -- well, postdated cheques, but the painful part of writing them is done.

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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 24-08-2004 at 16:46:

Heh. Seems to be worked out now. A computer glitch took away all my financial aid, but it's being fixed. Woo!

Hope this beginning of the school year goes well for everyone.

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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 27-08-2004 at 03:05:

>.< Scratch that. Most of it's going to be fixed. We made the mistake of trying to pay the whole year at once. Since it's technically a "scholarship" (another relative pays for it), no work-study for me...even though it's been like this and I've gotten work-study for the past two years. You know...money for things like, oh, groceries...necessities...text books.

Confused

0.o

o.0

*shoots up the financial office building and then snuggles on Gatchamania couch*

Much better. Pleased

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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 27-08-2004 at 15:00:

Maybe you could have the relative write a check to you (or your parents) and then you pay the school. So the school thinks it's you, and the "scholarship" doesn't even get a chance to complicate things.

This might have tax implications -- the scholarship might be a tax-deductable charity, or your parents might be paying tuition for a child. (I know Dad loved the years when I had one work term and two school terms -- I used my two terms of tuition to lower my income to zip, and he got to claim the rest as my parent.)

Paying the second half later might leave the money in the bank to collect interest. Although, you'd have to leave it there, not spend it.

Fine print: I'm no expert, not even in Ontario, let alone Texas.

Meanwhile, I'll join you on the couch and wonder why I agreed to the earlier swim lessons -- means I have to pick him up at school on Fridays.

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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 27-08-2004 at 16:22:

I think he does it for tax purposes. I'm not very up on the ever-changing regulations. It's just weird because that's how it's been done every year (with the exception of sending it all at once).

Instead of worrying about it (I can't do anything this year anyways), I'll just sit with you and wonder why you agreed to the earlier swimming lessons.

*ponders*

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