<p>From 4000 to 1333, one third of the original, what the hell?</p>
<p>You sure that’s not the per-quarter award?</p>
<p>Mine was lowered by this amount also :(</p>
<p>It’s 4,000 over the year</p>
<p>1,333 is what you should be getting per quarter.</p>
<p><– SMART grant recipient.</p>
<p>^ ^ Sweet.</p>
<p>Thats what I thought too, but everything else on the list was the amount for the whole year! Except Smart grant which is 1333 instead of 4000. </p>
<p>All the pell grants and cal grants were amounts for the whole year, I’m hoping it’s some kind of error. Going to go ask them on Monday.</p>
<p>The other thing I would check is to make sure that the difference wasn’t made up for in some other grant. The only real problem is if your loans went up.</p>
<p>They did. Instead of just one subsidized loan, they offered me a bunch of other loans too. </p>
<p>I really don’t understand why they would possibly lower my smart grant to one third the normal amount, it makes no sense, must be a mistake.</p>
<p>how to apply for smart grant? is it automatic, like when you fill out the fafsa?</p>
<p>jubjub12: I guess so
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<p>and mine is still at 4k o_O</p>
<p>Well, the state is kinda broke…</p>
<p>Ok thanks. I dont qualify for the pell grant this year (unlike the last 2 years) and have to pay for EVERYTHING its ridiculous…so you guys are lucky to receive something.</p>
<p>crap mine is 1/3 also… i hope this is another snafu…and not meaning i need an extra 2666 in loans 
small price to pay really ;)</p>
<p>boo hoo…at least you get one. stop your crying.</p>
<p>ok so i called the story is this…
its not dropped its gpa dependent so u get it awarded on quarterly basis 
so maintain a 3.0 and u will get it.</p>
<p>How come some of the guys above said they still had it at 4000? Hope you’re right though!@!!!</p>
<p>thats what ucsd said maybe these others either are looking at wrong thing…or not ucsd…</p>
<p>Ah that makes sense. I guess this means I should reject those other loans eh?</p>
<p>i took them all : / to be safe…</p>