Are UC(SD) Grant and Cal Grant the same source?

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<p>For 2011-2012, I will be receiving $11,787 as UCSD Grant, or UC Grant as what others generally call.</p>

<p>Since I'm in a good standing and UCSD has promised to disburse me the money, I have stopped to care about my Cal Grant status which is still in pending status for some reason.</p>

<p>Today I received an email from CSAC, saying that "If CSAC does not receive either a request for payment or leave of absence for the 2010-11 school year by September 25, 2011, YOUR CAL GRANT AWARD WILL BE CANCELLED".</p>

<p>So my question is, do I have anything to worry about CSAC's threat as long as the name of the source of my grant is UCSD? Or are these two grants from the same source but only in different names? </p>

<p>I appreciate any advise or explanation on this situation.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing you’re eligible for Blue and Gold, right?</p>

<p>Since you are, UC has committed that you won’t pay systemwide fees, after totaling up all other aid. If there’s a difference between all of your other aid and the total cost of the fees, UC promises to make up the difference. It’s most useful for students making close to the $80k limit, since students making $20k will almost certainly have their fees covered anyway.</p>

<p>What happens is that the initial financial aid offer acknowledges your eligibility for Blue and Gold. Since your Cal Grant hasn’t been approved yet, the school makes up the difference with a UCSD grant. This is technically from a different source than a Cal Grant. Cal Grants come out of CSAC’s budget, I believe, while the UCSD grant comes from UCSD.</p>

<p>Once your Cal Grant is approved, it should appear on a revised financial aid offer, causing the UCSD grant to be reduced. </p>

<p>It’s possible that UCSD could nail you if you’re eligible for a Cal Grant but don’t fill out a form properly or something. I’m not sure what your issue is, but you should definitely get it straightened out to be safe. You might even end up with a better offer once your Cal Grant is factored in.</p>

<p>I’d call UCSD’s financial aid office and find out what the deal is. You’ll probably also have to call CSAC, but it sounds like it may be an issue with UCSD not properly requesting the funds from CSAC, so I’d start with SD.</p>

<p>However, if you end up legitimately not qualifying for a Cal Grant even though you meet the requirements for Blue and Gold, you should be fine. The UCSD Grant should hold. The only issue I see is if, say, a student just didn’t apply for a Cal Grant, but was eligible for one. If I were UCSD, I wouldn’t respond favorably to a student just being lazy, you know?</p>

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<p>Oh man. You have the same problem I had. Last year, when I filed my FAFSA I had some UCs listed as my first choices, and ended up not going to them. When you do this, the CSAC doesn’t know about it and you have to MANUALLY TELL THEM (either by phone, or by internet) that you’re not going to a 4 year institution.</p>

<p>The reason why yours probably says ‘renewal pending’ is that you were awarded a grant last year and didn’t take it. </p>

<p>Monday, you’d better call CSAC and tell them what’s going on - be ready to speak to a supervisor and ask very nicely for them to reconsider your grant. </p>

<p>It is true that B&G will cover you anyway (The UG scholarship award is not a grant, but if you get a calgrant it replaces that usually). However, the Cal grant might cover a little more (especially if you get awarded Cal Grant B).</p>

<p>Best of luck :)</p>

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<p>Yes I was awarded Cal Grant B for 2010-2011 but then I didn’t take it because I definitely didn’t need that much to pay my community college tuition which was only about a little more than $100. In fact, I only happened to be awarded for 2010-2011 after a financial aid staff had submitted my GPA for 2011-2012 in January, 2011. I have no idea why I have been awarded for 2010-2011 even though my intention was for 2011-2012. As long as I assured that my GPA had been submitted for 2011-2012, I really didn’t bother to ask around why. </p>

<p>So let me make sure if my understanding is right since this is a very heavy issue for me.</p>

<p>As nick_scheu and wwlink suggests, it’d be better to straighten out my Cal Grant issue to get a good chance of getting more financial aid $$ than now. And as far as I’m eligible for Blue & Gold, regardless of my Cal Grant issue, leaving it untouched, I will be covered with the promised financial aid amount which is $11,787 whatsoever. Am I right?</p>

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<p>This week I e-mailed CSAC and they told me to submit “Leave of Absence” for 2010-2011. I did and then they renewed my GPA. Unfortunately I turned out to be awarded none of the three. Oh well.</p>

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<p>Aw sorry to hear that, well, at least you tried :slight_smile: This will ensure there are no issues with your UCSD scholarship/grant :slight_smile: </p>

<p>If you had been awarded Cal Grant A you probably would have had no changes ($11787 is more than I got for my A grant), but B would’ve had an extra $1200 or so I think. Well, you’ll still get your UCSD one ^_^</p>