Cal (UC Berkeley) Financial Aid

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey, i made this thread to talk about finaid offers.</p>

<p>Everyone, who is a california resident, should check if they have the cal grant posted in their finaid offer!</p>

<p>Also, feel free to post your EFC and the amount of money you got in grants/loans.</p>

<p>PS. it was brought to my attention that the cal grant was NOT posted in the financial aid offer.</p>

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<p>cal is stingy with money :P</p>

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<p>did you get any?</p>

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<p>I have been offered the Cal Grant at the other UC's that I was accepted to, but not at Cal. I wonder why this is?</p>

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<p>yeah, people should definately call tomorrow! peep2 told me about it, i didnt notice it.</p>

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<p>bump! more people should be talking about this ! its important! lol</p>

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<p>Also, i just realized that the financial aid package says its a total of 20 thousand, when it reality, it costs 25 thousand to go there!</p>

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<p>i got grants, not much but i got some</p>

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<p>can you post</p>

<p>EFC
Grant
Loans
Work Study
Total amount</p>

<p>please.</p>

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<p>i just got accepted to cal, i don't feel like doing any cc homework right now</p>

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<p>Omfg i just checked my Cal Grant info site, my application has not been processed yet ***. I submitted it in early feb too UGH</p>

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<p>Cal grant is based on income (relatively low) and is automatically given to those who qualify at any in state school.</p>

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<p>for answers regarding our cal grant
i found this link: <a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/calgrants.html#8%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/calgrants.html#8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>look at number 13</p>

<p>to sum it up: we either get cal grant or university grant(UG scholarship), so no full ride for any of us!</p>

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<p>yeah to add to that... i called them today and apparently the max of all grants (state, federal, university) a student can get is around $12k. so if you get a cal grant then they take away some stuff. but like i told mojo if you live in an apt, it's not going to cost you $25k to go to cal. when i calculated my own expenses (i already live here in an apt), it was more like $17k.</p>

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<p>Bumping this up because some people are probably worried about it too.</p>

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<p>oh, i was also told that everyone gets 20 thousand instead of 25 because they assume they will be in off-campus housing. However, if you decide to dorm, make sure to let the finaid people know, and they will fix your offer, prolly with more grants, she said.</p>

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<p>has anyone received anything through the mail from Cal yet?</p>