UCLA financial aid... I'm screwed.

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>So when I first got accepted in April, on the eFan UCLA said that my financial need was $24,000 and that my EFC was $8,000 for me and my parents combined. And then later I got denied cal grant, and today they told me that my EFC number is 9290 on a scale from 0-9999, which means I'm on the high end of the scale and I'll be receiving no aid, probably only loans. I'm so lost as to why I got denied cal and pell grant, my dad is self employed and we are not profiting. What can I do? I feel like the EFC number (9290) is wrong and I should be on the lower end of the scale.</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that for cal grant they said our assets were above the ceiling, but I thought that for pell grant they factor in assets as well as income, which our income is not good…</p>

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<p>Not an answer to your question, but I thought students and parents had the choice to withhold asset information…(sorry this is really sort of a question of my own).</p>

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<p>I don’t know about that, on Fafsa it asked for it and then later they had me do a verification form where they asked me about it again. I’m going to call them at 2 when they open and ask what’s going on…</p>

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<p>How old are you?</p>

<p>Apply and look for scholarships</p>

<p>And if you are under 24, (assuming you have lived in CA your whole life) at any point from your 13th to your 18th birthday did a judicial officer make any choices for your welfare, such as in divorce proceedings, name change proceedings, traffic citations, group home/foster care, or any other reason a judicial official may have needed to make a decision for your welfare?</p>

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<p>@naueth. That’s what I though too. I didn’t include asset information.</p>

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<p>Talk to the UCLA Financial Aid office. If you filed everything on time to apply for a Cal Grant, but you didn’t get it in the end, UCLA should substitute that money with institutional aid. Either way, with or without the Cal Grant, your tuition should be covered as long as you’re under their income limit (aka, “Blue & Gold”). </p>

<p>Is the age on your profile correct? Once you’re over 24, you’re independent regardless of what your parents make or have.</p>

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<p>For the Pell Grant:</p>

<p>Pell Grants are distributed to students who demonstrate need on a sliding scale to those with EFCs of 0 to 4995. At 9290 (or even at the previous 8000) your EFC is considerably too high for you to be awarded a Pell Grant. <a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P1201Attach20122013PaymentSchedules.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P1201Attach20122013PaymentSchedules.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;