Quote Originally Posted by turbodawg
Respectfully,

NO! Bad idea. Call up the financial aid office. Pell is for this type of situation and you shouldn't have to pay the entire amount if you have been awarded Pell. The school already has your Pell money, but they get to award it and disperse it at their leisure.

So, call office of financial aid and talk to them, that is what they are there for.
Wrong. They award it after Add/Drop, usually the first two weeks of school. Expect your payment around Sept. 2'nd. Thats when Pell and Perkins, and usually even your Loans are dispersed (besides the $500 bookstore credit that some schools do).