<p>uhm,</p>
<p>my to-do list changed. it got rid of the need to see my independent verification form.</p>
<p>does that mean they somehow got the proof on their own and i dont need to send in court papers anymore?</p>
<p>tutudragon16- If it’s not in your to-do-list, don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>So for an OOS student, is 15,350.00 a good financial package? Just wondering. OF course that only covers my tuition, not housing so I guess that means living with the rentals still. Teh lame sorez!</p>
<p>on that note about aid, after i use it for housing and tuition, i seem to have about 4,000 left over. could that be for personal use you think or only school-related purchases? </p>
<p>although i’m not dissing the extra money. good start for my “Study Abroad to Japan Senior Year” fund,</p>
<p>I don’t understand. It says I got $5,500 in Stafford loans - but it’s telling me it’s an award. How is something I have to PAY BACK an award? I called the office of financial aid and she says that’s how much they’re helping me - but if it’s a LOAN HOW IS THAT HELP/AN AWARD? Doesn’t make any sense to me. If they’re not gonna help me they should say it point blank.</p>
<p>13k in aid including loans… Gahhh</p>
<p>ouch.</p>
<p>i guess i should be thankful of my 17k, 2k of it being loans. </p>
<p>not specific though. just says “estimated loan, estimated state grant, estimated pell grant, estimated SGEO(or something like that) grant”</p>
<p>and i can’t accept them yet either. just wait i guess?</p>
<p>$17,000 in financial aid [including a $5,000 loan unfortunately]. Thank you Lord for divorce! My sister got no financial aid her first year in college [even with six kids in the family] , but after my parents got divorced she received tons of financial aid lol.
I can’t accept mine either.
And I believe it might say “estimated” because they have to wait until you actually graduate for them to say the grants are official. [Just my guess]</p>
<p>@EvaEve03- Your aid covers tuition. Your housing is all on you though.
@tutudragon16- All “extra” money is yours to spend at your own discretion.
@annathatshibby- Yeah loans are considered part of your “awards” package. You don’t have to accept them though.</p>
<p>@PowerOfOne: I know! It sucks that my parents are horrible at saving money or else I would be able to afford on-campus. But alas tuition being paid off is what matters, housing is a perk and doesn’t really matter if I live on-campus or not.</p>
<p>I’m sorry you can’t dorm like you wanted, so hopefully you will like living at your own place better. :] Do you already know where you want to reside?</p>
<p>@powerofone: well my sister lives in east la (my hometown) so my parents and i are going to go near that area</p>
<p>Question, when can we sign up for SOAR?</p>
<p>I think around June or July. Definitely not this early in the year</p>
<p>The first SOAR dates were in late June. You should be able to sign up for them by the end of April.</p>
<p>has anyone that is international student and transfer from CC to CSULB been accepted? My major is Biology which is impacted and my GPA is 3.43. Do you think I have a chance? But my out-of-country GPA is too low- 2.4. 
But that was like 2 or 3 years ago before I came to US to study. Do you think they will accept me because I have showed that I am actually working hard now?</p>
<p>Hey do you think I have a chance at csulb? It’s my first choice</p>
<p>Psat: 1620 (shooting for 1700+)
Gpa: unweighted 2.99 (APs)
Act: planning on in the 26-30’s</p>
<p>High school: brea olinda, orange county
Great EC’s if it counts for anything</p>
<p>Prospective Theater major</p>
<p>Has anybody tried purchasing a parking permit? I have tried and tried again logging in with my ID and password but it keeps telling me it’s incorrect.</p>
<p>has anyone gottten their Presidential SCholar acceptnace letters?</p>
<p>@samd1993- I sent an email yesterday asking when we will get results and they said they STARTED sending out letters last week but it will take a while for them to send it all because it’s a rolling process. I’m just as anxious as you. Good luck!</p>