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An Unexpected $4,000 Tuition Refund
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March 8th, 2010Budget, Law SchoolToday, I logged into my bank account to find that my account balance jumped by $4,000. “Whoa! What happened?!” I asked myself. As I quickly scanned my bank account transactions I saw a refund from my law school in the amount of $4,000. I then quickly logged into my student account to review account charges for Spring 2010 and under credits there is a credit under “outside scholarship $4,000.”
I had an outside scholarship that paid for $4k of my tuition for Spring 2009 and I used another $4k for my Fall 2009 tuition. I found the terms of the scholarship and it states:
The $4,000.00 scholarship is renewable for the third year of law school (except in the event of unusual circumstances, determined in the discretion of the firm, that may involve the Scholar’s academic performance or conduct subsequent to the award….)
It seems I was wrong in my interpretation in thinking $4k was just for the third year as a whole. The scholarship must have renewed again for the Spring semester since I still meet the requirements. I paid my tuition somewhat early before the scholarship was applied to my tuition and I believe this triggered the refund.
This brings down my total all time out-of-pocket law school tuition expenses from $29,377.50 to $25,377.50 and my Spring 2010 tuition from $8,777.50 to $4,777.50.
An unexpected $4,000 is the best way to start off the week!
Tags: Law School, Law School Tuition, Refund
12 responses to “An Unexpected $4,000 Tuition Refund” 
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Congrats! What a lovely 50% reduction in this semester’s tuition.
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@Revanche
Thanx! It reduces (not my tuition but) my out of pocket tuition by 50%!
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Now that’s a very nice gift. $4000!
You must be estatic.
Would you be doing anything different now that you have $4000 more in your bank account to play with?
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@MoneyHoneySF
I am so super ecstatic! I think for now I am going to keep the extra $4k in my emergency fund until see where I end up. -
What a great surprise!
It’s great to hear such things! Maybe it’s a sign that things are changing for the positive!
Luck and Life are funny like that sometimes…
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Yay found money! What a great surprise!
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@Money Reasons & @MeinMillions
This was a huge surprise. I sure can use more surprises like these! -
I think I know what you are going through; I nearly jumped through the roof when I found out I had that extra paycheck. But an extra 4K! That’s definitely better.
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@Kasey & @Investing Newbie
Yay for extra paycheck! I am super excited and it couldn’t have come at a better time. With the loan to Bum and my tuition fees my networth saw new low’s.
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Awesome! Free money FTW.
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@eemusings
I love free money! Especially unexpected free money!
Revanche March 8th, 2010 at 17:38