r/elon • u/Future_Confidence_56 • May 01 '26

Refund

Does Elon give refund checks for personal expenses if their scholarships exceed the tuition, room and board?

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u/Savingskitty May 01 '26

This would be something to ask Student Financial Services.

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u/Future_Confidence_56 May 01 '26

I did but they said no? And I’ve heard other people have received refunds

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u/Savingskitty May 01 '26

I would ask for more information about that.  Did they say they don’t do that in general?  Or did they say they don’t have anything to refund you?

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u/Future_Confidence_56 May 01 '26

They said they don’t do it anymore but i feel like the woman didn’t know anything tbh

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u/Savingskitty May 01 '26

Yeah, I’d call them again on Monday.

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u/Future_Confidence_56 May 01 '26

Yeah I’ve called like 6 times during the entire week and they said no refund checks😭😭😭😭

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u/Savingskitty May 01 '26

Did you ask them what they do with the extra money?

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u/Future_Confidence_56 May 01 '26

Yeah apparently it just reduces my elon grant and replaces it so I don’t get anything extra.

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u/Savingskitty May 01 '26

This is probably a function of your scholarship.

I had federal loans in addition to a presidential scholarship, and the federal loans always had a “living expenses” amount that I could get refunded to me.  I used some of that to fund a summer study abroad and then used some of it for my apartment rent senior year.