Student Loan stuff-ups, or "I need $11,500 by Monday"

Well, classes start Monday.

I, however, haven’t been able to register yet.

I applied for a student loan a couple months ago. Well, the bank still hasn’t told me whether I’ve got it or not. In the meantime, the registrar’s office has a financial hold on my account. That’s just plain great.

If a bank is going to grant student loans, why can’t it understand that they need to be disbursed by the start of the semester?