More on the Higher One card

Citing Gillian, with permission, from the TTU TCR list:

The "Higher One" is a card that TTU financial aid is using now as a means to dispense financial aid funds. Several cautions on this:

1. You must have this card, and must activate it in order to receive financial aid (when you activate it, you may select to either use this card as a debit card, or you can have funds deposited directly into your checking account). TTU will automatically deduct your term bill before they issue a refund.

2. It is easy to accidentally throw this out (it looks just like a credit card offer).

3. If you do not get it soon (like you probably should have it by now), you must call financial aid to get a replacement (the Higher One Company cannot issue a replacement unless the financial aid office tells them to.

Finally, I will tell you that financial aid can be a nightmare at TTU. If you call the Financial Aid Office, it is likely that you will get different answers depending on who answers the phone.