UCLA FFAFSA Dealine Leniency

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<p>Hey</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone who was admitted yesterday.</p>

<p>I was checking my awards estimates and was really disappoint to see I didn't get any nonfederal grants (Cal grants). The most likely reason for this is that I turned in my FAFSA on March 11 (post-deadline). What's strange is that every other school (D, SD, B) has granted me over 10k in Cal Grants. Only LA didn't have them.</p>

<p>I was wondering if perhaps there might be some delay in processing financial aid, or it's just that the deadline disqualified me for Cal Grants.</p>

<p>And if the latter is the case, how lenient do you think they would be. I know it's called 'dead'line for a reason...but I don't think I can turn down other schools in good conscience if LAs almost 16k more expensive.</p>

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<p>I turned mine in 3 days late and they gave me 8k grants and said “it was turned in on time”.</p>

<p>financial aid is somewhat negotiable, you have to go to ucla and talk to them. Outa high school I was able to get more money from usc, ucsd, uci and nyu. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks. But yeah this is freakif me out. Especially after the freak out over admission, now freak out over affordability</p>