College's Best Kept "Secrets"

In college, something is known to the public like the tuition fees, but how much UNKNOWN secrets do you know? Here I will expose some of them.

1.Government Funds, namely FAFSA & TAP for NY Residents:
The funds would not be disbursed into your account unless otherwise your school confirmed so, consult with your financial advisor to make sure that the proper funds were DISBURSED.
WHY? Sometimes your might be selected to go through a verification process by your school, even after the government had granted you the funds prior to your attendance. In this case, you would need to submit adequate proof to your school in order to receive funds, and MOST likely your school would not notify you, so it is really up to you to speak with your advisor. Do this at your convinient when you pay the bills. Don't wait until the end of semester to panic, you don't want to pay more bills with late fees.

2.Grades Dispute:
Having an disagreement with your grades from tests? Don't wait, walk up to your Prof. as soon as they are available.
WHY? Usually Prof. of large classes tend to make mistakes on your papers, though most of times are unintentional mistakes, these grades will hurt you more or less and it is a 100% guarantee you don't want that happen. So, pay close attention on your grades and talk to your Prof. if neccessary. Let's suppose in a math test, if you made a mistake and already caused an incorrect answer in the question but the follow-up steps were correct, you would still get credit for it but ONLY if you point it out to your Prof.

3. Big One:
Let's suppose at the end of the term, you average is very close to an A but a little short from it at A-, what would you do? Go speak to your Prof. about the A you are getting!
WHY?Okay, rumors are Prof. don't care about your grades, true enough if they don't recognize you much in most cases! But look at the bright side, they pay sympthy to your grades on a crack between two letter grades difference. Remember an A counts for a 4.0 GPA and A- is only 3.7 GPA, so it is a good reason for you to get 4.0 instead of 3.7; more scholarships and better-looking transcripts!