Cal Grant: HELP NEEDED DESPERATELY

Paying for College
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<p>So being the anti-procrastinator I am, I finished my fafsa a month early and turned in the cal grant gpa form to my counselor 4 weeks early. I assumed that I was all set and just needed to wait to get an email and my acceptance letters.</p>

<p>However, news that my friend already received his CalGrant on March 5th (even though he turned everything in later than I did) alarmed me greatly. I checked into the webgrant portal and realized my GPA verification form was never submitted by my college specialist.</p>

<p>Is there anything I can do? I know there is the appeals, but does that guarantee anything? My EFC is 0 and my accumulative weighted GPA is 4.17 and my unweighted GPA 3.84. Both of my parents are out of work, so one can easily deduce that I really need the money for college.</p>

<p>Please help with any advice or ideas. I'm truly at a lost.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>The March 2 deadline is very strict. You are more than likely SOL for Cal Grant if that GPA verification was not submitted on time. This would also leave you ineligible for Blue&Gold for the UCs as one of the requirements is that Cal Grant have been applied for (FAFSA plus GPA verification) by March 2.</p>

<p>There’s no harm in calling CSAC and asking, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up too much.</p>

<p>Others might have better suggestions on other options you might have available.</p>