CAMPUS EATING
This type of plan lets you swipe into Pineywoods Dining Hall using your student ID card.
What is a meal plan?
What is FAFSA?
This penalty happens when you try to buy something, but you spend more money than you actually have left in your checking account.
What is an overdraft fee?
Unless your rent includes utilities usually this specific utility bill is almost always the most expensive (especially with the Texas heat).
What is the electricity bill?
Showing your physical SFA ID card at clothing boutiques or restaurants around Nacogdoches or even on some online platforms can instantly score this type of discount.
What is a student discount?
True or False: Dining Dollars through your meal plan will expire if you do not use them by the end of the spring semester.
What is True?
Unlike a student loan, these two types of financial aid awards are essentially "free money" that you do not need to pay back.
What are scholarships and grants?
If you owe money to SFA, the university will place this type of hold on your account which prevents you from adding classes or seeing your final grades.
What is a registration hold?
Unlike fixed utility bills, this monthly essential bill is highly variable and is the easiest way for a student to save cash by cooking at home instead of eating out.
What is a grocery bill?
Instead of buying premium furniture or decor for your first apartment, students hunt for hidden treasures at Goodwill or this popular digital marketplace.
What is facebook marketplace?
If you buy a $5 iced coffee every WEEKDAY of a 15 week college semester, you will end up spending this massive total by the end of the semester.
What is $375?
This type of financial aid allows you to work a part-time job on campus (like working in a campus office) to earn a steady paycheck.
What is Federal Work-Study?
This card can help you build your credit score, but comes with much responsibility.
This legally binding contract is what you sign with a landlord to secure your rental and it usually locks you in for 12 months.
What is a lease?
To eliminate your monthly gas bill and avoid fighting for parking spots on campus, SFA students can ride this for free.
What is the SFA campus shuttle?
If an average fast food combo is $12, how much would you spend on fast food in a month if you eat out three times a week?
What is $144?
This building on SFA campus is where to go for any financial aid or billing questions.
This type of recurring monthly charge is frequently forgotten by students until it auto-renews.
What is a subscription?
Because first-time renters usually do not have a massive credit history or full-time income rentals will require a person (usually a parent or guardian) to sign the contract and guarantee the rent gets paid.
What is a co-signer?
If you are running low on food or struggling to afford groceries and other necessities, you can visit SFA's on-campus resource called this.
What is the Lumberjack Pantry?
When planning a budget financial experts say you should always base your calculations on your "take home" pay after taxes, which is known by this three letter word.
What is net (net pay)?
This specific type of federal student loan is the best option because the government pays the interest of the loan while you are in school.
What is a subsidized loan?
This is the national average cost per year for physical textbooks and digital textbooks/homeworks if you buy them brand new.
What is $1200-$1500?
This is the large chunk of cash you must pay before moving in, which you only get back when you move out if there is not any damages to the rental.
What is a security deposit?
If you need a suit, blazer, or business dress for a class presentation or a job interview but don't want to buy one, you can visit this SFA resource to borrow your professional outfit for free.
What is the Lumberjack Career Closet?