Cal Grant & FAFSA

Paying for College
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<p>Hello Everybody!</p>

<p>I have a question regarding Cal Grant & FAFSA. I am currently a first year at UCSD. I am receiving Cal Grant & FAFSA I believe. My concern is if I have to fill out the application again this coming year (next week when it opens I believe?)... So if you guys know anything about that, please help me confirm and if the process is similar. Thank you! Take Care. </p>

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<p>You have to fill out the FAFSA every year.</p>

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<p>BUMP</p>

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<p>Bump what? You have to complete the FAFSA after January 1. Submit it to your college.</p>

<p>Hoping one of the Calgrant experts here will tell you if anything else needs to be done.</p>

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<p>You won’t need to submit anything else as a continuing Cal-Grant student other than the FAFSA (after January 1st, 2015) to re-qualify. Your income still needs to be under the specified ceiling for your family size. You do not need to worry about having a submit your GPA, like you did in high school. </p>

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<p>I thought you had to send in college gpa. I could be wrong.</p>

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<p>You do not need to submit a college GPA after you have originally qualified out of high school. </p>

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<p>So I just complete the FAFSA again on January 1st? Furthermore, that will take care of the Cal Grant for my second year?</p>

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<p>Correct. </p>

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<p>You can still login onto the cal grant website to see the status just to make sure.</p>

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<p>Alright, thank you guys!</p>

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If you login to your cal grant you will see both items checkmarked below:

A check mark indicates the information has been received by the Commission.

2015-2016 FAFSA or CA Dream Application - Date App Rcvd: 01/01/2015 - Complete
Grade Point Average (GPA) Verification - Not required for renewal students