<prompt> Human: Hello! I am a college student living in my first apartment. I was instructed to make a payment of 829 on August 1st. I paid this, but was confused because they are not allowing tenants to move in until the 25th. I need to be in my apartment earlier, so I emailed the landlord about early-move in. She told me I would have to pay 26.74 per night leading up until the 25th. Im pretty confused as to why my rent is now over 1000 for what is pretty much a 5-day lease period of the apartment. I know college towns like to get money from their residents but this just seems ridiculous. It is in my lease to have a move in day of the 25th, I just misinterpreted that as to being a prorated amount..Am I out of luck or is there some sort of action I could take?  <response>: Read the lease - youre probably paying first and last month andor security deposit, etc. When you called the housing administration - what did they tell you? 