On Aug. 19, UC Berkeley junior James Nagy received notification from the campus Financial Aid Office confirming he had fulfilled all the necessary requirements to receive loan money and that he would be given his funds shortly. But as August and then September came and went, Nagy had yet to receive any sort of financial aid.
Nagy finally called the office the first week of October and was told there was a computer error which had to be manually corrected in order for students to receive their aid. Nagy was one of hundreds of students that had yet to see any reprieve with their financial aid issues. Nagy said he was assured he would receive his money within two weeks.
As of Tuesday, Nagy had not received his financial aid package and has yet to find a way to make up for the $3,500 he receives per semester in financial aid. With fees due in early November, Nagy said he is wondering how he will continue to afford his college education.
“What concerns me is that my problem might not even have been reviewed had I not called,” he said in an e-mail.
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