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!

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What if there is a spoon?

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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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny."

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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What if there is a spoon?

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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