<p>Do you have a link to this difference? Not that I don’t believe you, but that’s definitely a new one on me. If it is true, it is something that might help your case. You will need the proof of the different unit requirements (hence asking if you have the information readily available to show).</p>
<p>Also note that this is something you should have caught when you entered UCSB. Your CSAC profile would have noted the three years of eligibility and that is something to have been addressed then, not three years later. I’ve long gotten into the habit to check my CSAC regularly to make sure money is dispersing correctly and that I still have the correct remaining eligibility.</p>
<p>I do stand by my statement that none of the UCs have sway over how Cal Grant operates. It has nothing to do about them “not wanting to relent,” but that you let this go for quite some time before you chose to address it. It could simply be too late at this point.</p>
<p>The FAOs can really do nothing for you. If their policy is a lower unit count to qualify as sophomore status, then that is what must be lived with. You could take this up with CSAC themselves (armed with proof of the status differences, of course) and see what can be done. I honestly believe it’s out of an FAO’s hands at this point. A letter claiming a “mistake was made” won’t help since, if the lower unit count is true, it wasn’t incorrect based on the rules established at UCSB.</p>
<p>I would inquire to the FAO, though, about Blue&Gold promise. It might still be in effect.</p>