Cal Grant deadline- Mar 2 or Sept 2?

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<p>I was led to believe by a school counselor at my junior college that the deadline for the Cal Grant GPA verification form was Sept 2, so I decided to wait until the end of the semester in order to have all of my grades for the year in. Not sure why, but at the time, it seemed like a good idea.
As of today, I have not sent it in. Today I was accepted to UCLA, and in my expected financial aid (called "ePAL") they have the Cal Grant listed. I found out today that I was apparently supposed to submit it by Mar 2. Does this mean I won't get the grant? I will contact UCLA's financial aid office tomorrow, because everyone at my junior college is useless.</p>

<p>But here is my understanding: Mar 2 is for high school students. Sept 2 is for Junior College students. However, by "junior college students" do they mean people who will be attending junior college in the upcoming year (not me), or do they mean people who are currently attending junior college (is me)? I'm really worried that I'm going to lose 10k because I was duped into believing that junior college counselors actually knew what they were talking about...</p>

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<p>I think your right and that the deadline for you is Sept 2. If not, you can always fill out the late gpa verification form due by May 16. The form is for anyone who missed the Mar 2 deadline but you need a reason why it was late. My school lost my gpa form and I almost had a heart attack reading the email saying that I wasn’t going to receive my cal grant, over $11,000. So now I’m going insane worrying about if I will receive my cal grant or not.</p>