Advice for USD financial aid (transfer student)

mom2collegekids
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 12:56:35 +0000

Your Cal Grant is not fed aid (thru FAFSA). You can’t “appeal FAFSA”. Your fed aid is set because you have an EFC of 0. No more aid is available for you.

Taking fewer classes is a horrible plan because you only have 3 semesters left of Cal Grant.

You can’t afford this school.

That status on your website sounds like it means that your FAFSA was selected for verification. Likely because your family’s income is too low and some info is provided. It’s unusual that your family was permitted to come to the US and get a green card when it doesn’t have the income to support itself. The country doesn’t often issue green cards to people who will then immediately go on welfare.