<p>I figured I'd ask you guys since most of you are dealing with Cal Grant information too, I presume.</p>
<p>I am a transfer student that will be transferring from a California Community College to a University of California College. I checked my UCSB Unofficial Financial Aid award and it said I am eligible for around $7000 from the Cal Grant if I submitted my Cal Grant GPA Verification Form to CSAC by the March 2, 2008. I was unaware of this submission. I always though that once I filled out my FAFSA I would be given the option of all the federal grants. No one told me about a GPA verification. So, essentially what I am asking is, am I too late? I can still apply for the Cal Grant next year, right? I don't see why I shouldn't.</p>
<p>Also, since this is the case, are there any scholarships that are still available this late?</p>
<p>your community college. You can find out by going to the financial aid office and asking if they file electronically or if you have to submit a gpa verification form. Otherwise, you should be fine to file next year.</p>
<p>They do it every year whether you apply for a Cal Grant or not. They would have turned it in on time, so don't worry too much but still go ahead and ask. :)</p>
<p>Hmm I don’t think the original question was answered, so I shall attempt to do so. In one of the Cal Grant websites, there is an area where you can print out a Late GPA verification form. This obviously implies that students are able to send in their GPA verifications late albeit it doesn’t answer the more important question: how late? I really hope I may be eligible for Cal Grant as I am transferring to a UC for the Fall of 09. Nine thousand would be an enormous amount of weight off of my family’s shoulder.</p>
<p>Yeah, i THOUGHT my cc did it automatically…but after viewing my aid awards, i didn’t didnt see any calgrant info. Then i looked into it and found out i was supposed to file it/request it.</p>
<p>I think im going to fill out the late gpa verfication thing. It says the deadline is may 18th…</p>
<p>Problem is, you have to provide a reason for why we weren’t able to file it on time…but i dont think that not knowing you were supposed to do it is a good reason. or is it? i need a better reason!!</p>
<p>I did not want to make a thread myself but i have a question kinda related to this.
I submitted my FAFSA and GPA verification (I think my school does it for me) waay before the March 2 deadline. But on my FAFSA, I forgot to add all the schools I applied to.
When I did the corrections this morning to add those schools, I was pretty sure that it wouldn’t let me – but it did. Do you guys think it will get through?</p>
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Yes it will. Just wait a week. The Federal Student Aid Commission will send you an e-mail saying they have updated it and has sent your FAFSA to all the new/added schools. Don’t worry.</p>
<p>I didn’t complete the GPA Verification Form last year but the California Student Aid Commission still gave me my Cal Grant, and no my old school did not file it automatically. I think it was becuase I had Cal Grant my first year…so they automatically had me on file. </p>