SOLUTION: Cal Grants for UCSB

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>okay my problem was that in my award letter, they listed cal grants as a possibility in section C. if you're awarded cal grants, it should be under section A. so i called finaid at ucsb and they said that i was listed for cal grant b but not A. they said that i was qualified for a. so i asked if i could switch it to A and they said yes. so they changed it but no changes in my acc. so i called ucsb again and they said my cal grant A was on hold and they had to verify my graduation or something. so i called webgrants and they were like you already did that and if u wanna change from B to A, you need to fill out a G-10 form.</p>

<p>i just sent the letter today and im hoping this will work.</p>

<p>if anyone is in the same boat as me, you should follow these procedures. this process freaking upped my stress level. ergggf</p>

<p><a href="https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp&lt;/a> check ur account
<a href="http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/G-10.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.csac.ca.gov/pubs/forms/grnt_frm/G-10.pdf&lt;/a> fill out section 4 and 6</p>

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<p>Why did you switch to grant B? A lot of people don’t switch to B because then the school gives you more finaid to make up the difference.</p>

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<p>DITTO</p>

<p>Why did you switch to A? Calgrant B gives you more money over the 4 years, that’s why it was chosen automatically for you.</p>

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<p>What dissonance wrote is what I was trying to explain to you in the last post. When they evaluate what your university grant/financial aid is, they take into account all the money you are getting from cal grant, scholarships, other grants, etc. So, your financial aid/university grant should have made up for the low amount of the Cal Grant B you were awarded. If you switch to Cal Grant A, the University grant/financial aid might be re-evaluated and reduced because they give you a smaller award to make up for the larger Cal Grant A award you have requested. So, in the end… it might be the same or similar except I think with Cal Grant B you can use for transportation, books, etc… things other than tuition. And, like keltix mentioned you may receive more out of Cal Grant B in the long run.</p>