<p>Okay so I have a two part question:</p>
<p>First,I was offered a financial aid package Q which had a gift amount composed of pell grant and calgrant. However in the process of having my cal grant approved,I got disqualified from the calgrant. So my question is,will my original assumed aid package still be true,will they find other source to augment me not having the cal grant they thought I would get or am I just going to be left scratching my head figuring out how to procure money?my cal grant was supposed to be way bigger than my pell.</p>
<p>Second,what are the requirements to be classified as a resident of the state?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Why did you lose your Cal Grant? Are you being told that you’re not a California resident? If that’s so, you could lose other UCB aid. Much of UCB’s aid is for Calif residents only, and they may have awarded it to you thinking you are a resident.</p>
<p>They in all probability will expect you to cover the grant.</p>
<p>Becomming a resident is very tough. Until you’re 24, unless you get married, you’ll be considered a resident of wherever your parents live.</p>
<p>Who is a California Resident? If you are an adult who is not an alien present in the U.S. in a nonimmigrant status which precludes you from establishing domicile in the U.S. (e.g., a B, F, H2, H3, or J visa) and you want to be classified as a resident for tuition purposes, you must have established your continuous presence in California more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date for the semester during which you propose to attend the University, and you must have given up any previous residence. You must also present objective evidence that you intend to make California your permanent home. Evidence of intent must be dated one year before the term for which you seek resident classification. If these steps are delayed, the one-year durational period will be extended until you have demonstrated both continuous presence and intent for one full year. Physical presence within the state solely for educational purposes does not constitute the establishment of California residence under state law, regardless of the length of your stay. In addition, the Financial Independence requirement must be met. Your residence cannot be derived from your spouse nor, since you are an adult, from your parents. Likewise, a registered domestic partner does not derive residence from the other registered domestic partner.</p>
<p><a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Default.aspx?PageID=legalinfo.html#general[/url]”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Default.aspx?PageID=legalinfo.html#general</a></p>
<p>From another of OP’s posts;
Please note in the residence requirement that even if you have been living in California for over a year, if the reason you came to California was to attend community college or a university you will not qualify as a California resident for tuition purposes. If your family came to California for other reasons and you coincidentally began attending community college, you might qualify. You should get in touch with financial aid as soon as possible to find out for sure.</p>
<p>Another note: even if you can establish that you are a California resident for tuition purposes at the UC, you will not qualify for a Cal Grant because you were not a California resident when you graduated from high school. [Grants</a> for School, College Grant, School Grants](<a href=“http://www.calgrants.org/index.cfm?navId=12]Grants”>http://www.calgrants.org/index.cfm?navId=12)</p>