<p>I just got a letter from cal saying that i need to submit 07-08 verification form and income tax forms. It also says that this "review is unrelated to your admission status". I don't get this because i thought we only needed to submit FAFSA and Cal grant gpa verification, which i did a long time ago. I have not received this type of letter from any other UCs. </p>
<p>Someone help me out here</p>
<p>I would just do what it says.</p>
<p>They verify applications randomly for about 10% of applicants just to make sure noones cheating their way through the admissions process.</p>
<p>that means you didn't get in.</p>
<p>just kidding!</p>
<p>it actually means...you're gonna die.</p>
<p>seriously, this time I am not kidding.</p>
<p>just kidding.</p>
<p>i think its to verify the income part of your app. dont stress, unless you lied.</p>
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I would just do what it says.</p>
<p>They verify applications randomly for about 10% of applicants just to make sure noones cheating their way through the admissions process.
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<p>Wait, what??? I got the letter so I have to fill it out? I thought I had to wait until I got accepted, and if I really wanted to go there, then I would have to fill it out (?)</p>
<p>It's essentially just a quality control measure to make sure people don't lie on their financial aid info; it doesn't mean you got in, it doesn't mean you didn't get in.</p>
<p>Why wouldn't this mean that he got in? After all, it makes no sense for Berkeley to ask for income tax forms with the intention of rejecting him later.</p>
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Why wouldn't this mean that he got in? After all, it makes no sense for Berkeley to ask for income tax forms with the intention of rejecting him later.
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<p>I like your theory better. ;) More hope for me.</p>
<p>i remember a friend of mine talking about getting something like that and she got in so i think its a good sign</p>
<p>If you want to go to CAL and you need financial aid, you should fill it out ASAP. Otherwise you won't receive your FA pacakge in a timely manner.</p>
<p>We filled ours out immediately and son didn't receive his FA package until mid April. It was kind of stressful waiting for the FA package as CAL was his first choice but we couldn't commit until we knew what kind of financial aid he would receive.</p>
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i remember a friend of mine talking about getting something like that and she got in so i think its a good sign
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<p>Wow...this makes me excited! Hopefully the theory holds true. :)</p>
<p>i got one too and i'm not filling it out unless i'm admitted</p>
<p>yayarea510 - But then you might not get your financial aid package until AFTER May 1st...</p>
<p>I got one too.</p>
<p>When's a good time to have it all filled out and mailed in order to get your financial aid info before May 1st?</p>
<p>I got that last year too and I got in. Don't really know if it has anything to do with admissions but why would they bother to ask you for financial data if you're not going to go to the school.</p>
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but why would they bother to ask you for financial data if you're not going to go to the school.
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<p>That's a very good point. Now I just hope that holds true in my case. ;)</p>
<p>LMJSF - As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, essentially quality control to make sure people don't lie on their financial aid applications (So they randomly send these letters out to a certain percentage of applicants). The FAFSA people do the exact same thing, and people here reported that they received a letter from the FAFSA people asking for verification and in the end they didn't get any financial aid.</p>