Rather interesting email

This is both a discussion and a question, because I’m rather curious about this. Due to the delays in the PA State Grant that went on I emailed my campus’ student aid office about how it would all go, when the grant money will come in because I took out a 7,000 dollar loan to make up the differences for the cost of tuition and books.

But after that I got a reply email and they told me that even though the grant money will be coming in late students will still have to pay the balance up front due to bill due dates.

Is this how it’s going to go? If I dig into some of the loan money to cover the costs until the grant comes in from the state will I really get the money back once the grant comes in? Or is this just a summation and things will actually go a bit different.