<p>Award Status Summary<br>
Award Cycle ID<br>
Cal Grant A: Awarded - On Hold Entitlement (E1)<br>
Cal Grant B: Qualified - Not Awarded Entitlement (E1)<br>
Cal Grant C: Not Awarded Entitlement (E1)</p>
<p>THEN IT HAS UCLA AS MY SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH I APPLIED TO SFSU, BERKELEY, AND SANTA BARBARA (IN AWARD DETAIL)</p>
<p>AID REPORT:</p>
<p>School Choice Cal Grant A Cal Grant B
UNIV OF CA - LOS ANGELES $12,192 SEE CODE #1
UNIV OF CA - BERKELEY $12,192 SEE CODE #1</p>
<p>My son got this, too! And I have no clue what it means, either. My son’s school listed is Harvey Mudd (has yet to hear from them), mostly likely because it’s the only school in California that he applied for that receives Cal Grant money from the government. The only other California school he applied to was Caltech (accepted) but I guess they don’t do Cal Grant money?</p>
<p>Edit: I see that Caltech is also on the list.</p>
<p>If anyone can help us understand Cal Grants, please share!</p>
<p>I guess I want to know this: Can I assume if my son gets a Cal Grant, the school will reduce their grant? So basically, we’re still left paying what the school says we should be able to pay? How does it affect scholarships, either institutional or outside?</p>
<p>Are you asking about the qualified, not awarded and the awarded, on hold bit?</p>
<p>It means what it says: you qualified for both, but were only awarded one and it is on hold (not actively being dispersed at this time). Surprised to see A awarded over B. B is worth more despite seeming to be a lesser amount on paper. However, it does depend on how the school handles it. You can ask for it to be changed to B, though, and vice versa.</p>
<p>The schools listed are just the first one or so that were listed on your FAFSA first. You update your CSAC later with the school you choose to attend.</p>
<p>If you choose a UC, make sure you talk to their FA to see how they would adjust your package for B. Technically, they can qualify any grants or scholarships to meet the Blue&Gold promise, but I have often seen them simply replace the frosh year’s tuition/fee assistance B lacks without adjusting much else. I would also do this for a CSU. All qualified institutions are supposed to award you the Cal Grant that is of the highest financial benefit, but because of the apparent loophole, I would never be surprised if A was awarded as it is of the highest financial benefit to a school, not the student.</p>
<p>basically it means that after you graduate from high school, you will get the cal grant. how you get the cal grant i dunno. maybe they give it to you or the school but either way 12 k will be deducted form your tuition. </p>
<p>the amount of $ you get may change. I got 9K for privates. i asked my college counselor if there was a possibility it would lower and basically, she told me no. the amount you see is basically the amount you get. </p>
<p>A, B, and C are different categories for the cal grant. most people get it from A. I think B is for parents with very low income. i’m not 100% sure. </p>
<p>you change the order of your school UCSB and SFSU in the FAFSA website. you go on your college list and order the colleges in order of where you want to go. when you decide, make sure your college is number one on your list so it shows up on the cal grant.</p>
<p>Whether Cal grants affect the amount of financial aid they give to students is up to them. sometimes they reduce the grants they give to students b/c they already got a lot and sometimes they don’t so it depends on the institution. </p>
<p>With UC’s like the previous post said, it sometimes affects the Blue & Gold Promise.</p>
<p>redscarlett: Cal Grant is dispersed directly to the school, not the student. And if the governor’s proposal passes, the amount given for private institutions will be lowered significantly next year:
<a href=“CSAC - Student Landing Home”>CSAC - Student Landing Home;
<p>And it’s not that Blue&Gold is affected by Cal Grant directly. Blue&Gold is met if someone has Cal Grant as Blue&Gold is just a promise that all systemwide fees at a UC will be covered. Cal Grant covers all systemwide fees at UCs and CSUs already so thus Blue&Gold is satisfied and that is their only real relation. Cal Grant does not change Blue&Gold. The only exception to this is the frosh year of college if one has Cal Grant B as it is, on paper, appears less than Cal Grant A because it does not have tuition/fee assistance the frosh year. However, because it is the low-income grant, most institutions make up this amount. Blue&Gold is the easiest one to point to as it is an in writing promise that systemwide fees will be covered. CSUs have no such promise I’m aware of, but I have not seen the amount not still be covered.</p>
<p>The only hiccup with Blue&Gold is that it can consider ANY grant and/or scholarship monies to be used to meet its promise. Meaning Pell Grant can be seen as a grant available to cover systemwide fees in accordance with Blue&Gold and thus leaving only a minor amount left to cover through school funds.</p>
<p>Ah, good! I hadn’t seen that since I’ve been buried in finals for my final quarter and have been relying on CSAC for that information. No one (not even me) actually thought it would pass, but it is always good to be aware of those exact details (too many people thought Cal Grants were getting a complete cut). CSAC needs to update their page since I usually look to them over news sources as they give the most accurate, unbiased information I’ve found. They’re just, unfortunately, slow to update ;)</p>