…they submit FAFSA by the Cal Grant & Blue and Gold Promise deadlines, have their GPA verified, and jump thru any other hoops to make sure that they are eligible for their Cal Grant and the Blue and Gold Promise??
It is heartbreaking to see students getting rather-empty FA pkgs because they missed the required early FAFSA deadline which is part of the Cal Grant and B&G process.
Cal Grants are state aid, and FAFSA is for fed aid, but the state requires FAFSA be filed by an early March date (maybe March 2? )
It’s a shame to see kids have to “delay enrollment” into their accepted UC simply because they missed “dotting an i” or “crossing a t”…and now they don’t have the aid that they need.