<p>I know that the FASFA page on GROWL is just an estimate. Does anyone know when we find exactly how much money we get?</p>
<p>im interested in this as well.
i updated the fafsa couple months ago with current tax info which significantly dropped EFC and on GROWL it has the same estimate. I was wondering if they would give me more money.</p>
<p>I would say that they would present your financial aid with more certainty around late July or August. On my 2008-2009 (freshman year) “Award Status” on GROWL, it said that my financial aid award was generated on August 1, 2008.</p>
<p>Perhaps it may show up earlier because I’m looking at my GROWL financial “Award Status” for 2009-2010 and it says: “Awards for continuing UCR undergraduate students with a complete financial aid application will be generated beginning in mid June.”</p>
<p>If you are certain that you will be taking out loans, they will PRESENT a certain loan amount on GROWL. You can accept the offered amount, lower it, or petition for a higher amount (I think they’re more careful about this, so you probably wouldn’t need to raise it unless there’s a severe error.)</p>
<p>It wouldn’t hurt to call and ask, especially if you made changes to your FAFSA and the presented amount doesn’t reflect these changes.</p>