I receive financial aid checks from my school from the leftover money from grants … whatever money is left after tuition is paid, to help with housing, transport, books, etc.
Now - in previous semesters, if I didn’t sign up for my classes all at once, they tended to send checks appropriate for the number of credit hours I signed up for as I signed up, which was not necessarily all at once. So if they sent me a $400 check when I signed up for one three credit class, and then a week later, I signed up for another 3 credit class, they’d send two checks a week apart for $400 each, distributing the financial aid as soon as I signed up for anything.
This semester, I did not cash the checks right away for reasons outside the scope of the thread. We’re now 8 or 9 weeks into the semester. Before the semester started, in January, they sent me three checks for roughly 400, 700, and 800.
Then, a few weeks later, a few days into february, they sent me a check for $1900. Then, a week later, a check for $1500 (numbers approximate).
So… I’m a little confused. Maybe they realized I hadn’t cashed the checks they sent me in january, and then they sent me one single check in February for the total amount (around $1900), assuming that perhaps I’d lost the original checks. Okay, that makes sense I suppose. But… why would they send me yet another check a week later, and why was it now $400 less than before ($1500 vs $1900)? I hadn’t signed up for or dropped any classes since the semester began.
The only limitation on the checks is that they say cash within 90 days, so I’m still in the window for all the checks. Is it safe to assume that the earlier checks sent in January were cancelled when they sent out the Feb checks? Should I assume that the $1500 check somehow cancels the $1900 check, because it came a week later? What would happen if I were to try to deposit several checks? Would they just be bounced back as void?
I can call the financial aid office tomorrow and try to get more information, but I like to be prepared and know what’s going on before I make those sorts of calls, so I was hoping you guys might give me some insight into what’s happening.