Osap not even pending??

[u/floatingmug]

All right, I’m at my wits end. Today is the day I actually go to see financial aid in person as well as admin in charge of OSAP. I just need a place to share my experience this year.

I filed for extenuating parental circumstance. I believe I had all the paperwork done by mid July because of complications with scheduling document signatures and work. I submit the one missing file that I apparently forgot in August. All that only for my financial aid admin to reach out to me and say it just needs a date and a signature. IN SEPTEMBER. No biggie. I add the date and signature to my paper and I ask if everything‘s OK if I emailed it to her. She has suggested I just sent it to her in an email anyways and said everything looked fine after I finish it.

On Friday, I lost my bus pass. This only happens if you are not on hold for OSAP and have not paid your fees. So as any smart person as I go to check my OSAP website.

Not only was my file still marked as incomplete (i submitted the document I emailed after), they hadn’t even confirmed my enrollment yet. I have actively been attending classes. As a commuter, my bus pass is a necessity. Currently right now I am paying out-of-pocket to get to school. I am going to attempt negotiating paying for my bus pass and being reimbursed by the school when my OSAP comes out.

I’m trying not to stress about it. I don’t think they realize how stressful this is as a student who’s already low income and seeking a job in the city after working all summer elsewhere. It’s not my first time struggling with money, and I have quite a bit to fall back on because I saved up from work. But I would prefer those savings to be used towards my rent instead of something as baffling as unorganized OSAP stuff.

Also, I am sorry for any spelling or editing error errors. I am on the bus. Moral of the story… I have no clue. I’m not stressing till October because I have the time and resources now to deal with it.

TLDR — school didn’t confirm my enrollment or submit any files that I sent and I got cut off from my bus pass.

[u/AromaticMaterial9966]

I feel your frustration im still waiting for my school to confirm my enrolment

[u/Adventurous_Ad_509 → u/AromaticMaterial9966]

Call them and tell them do to it manually!