<p>umm don’t you need to fill out FAFSA anyway to receive cal grant?</p>
<p>Yes but I know there are two deadlines, March 2 for cal grant verification for those who don’t have the cal grant yet, and April 15th as the absolute last day to apply for FAFSA.
I already have a cal grant from my first two years at the CC. Last year, I applied the FAFSA at about April and still got my cal grant(counselour said that once you are granted with the cal grant, you don’t need to reapply for a cal grant but yes, you must fill out the FAFSA). That’s what he said last year. But I don’t know if he meant that it was only for those who are attending the CC again. I hope I am not too confusing. </p>
<p>Okay basically my question here is:
I am a current cal grant & pell grant recipient at a CC, does it affect my aid for the 2007-2008 semester at a UC if I apply AFTER March 2?</p>
<p>Well I never heard of April 15 deadline, but if you check each UC’s website, you’ll notice that in order to qualify for ANY of the need-based financial aid, your FAFSA must be submitted by March 2.</p>
<p>So to answer your question, I guess it’s a: yes it will affect your aid if you apply after March 2.</p>
<p>Sorry to ask but I was wonderin if anyone knew someone who got into ucla who didnt finished one core class? I know it specifically says that you might be disqualified but i’m just curious. Thanks…</p>
<p>Tim, only a few very impacted majors will disqualify you if you didnt finish all of the pre-reqs. (Communication Studies, Business Economics, Economics, etc). but most other majors are pretty linient on pre-req completion. You’ll be admitted even if you didn’t get ot complete one or two pre-reqs.</p>
<p>Take out Comm. Studies from the list :)</p>
<p>Do the colleges actually look at your HS applications?</p>
<p>Nobody knows, but it certainly won’t impact you on your transfer admission.</p>
<p>ic… thanks again dhl3, dam u guys reply fast haha</p>
<p>so basically, im screwed for sure for ucla huh.</p>
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<p>Ya, they are not supposed to matter but when the adcom sees you have an abysmal HS gpa compared to someone who got like 4.3 and only went to a CCC due to financial reasons, the other person would def give off a better impression right?</p>
<p>A person with a 2.0 HS GPA and a person with a 4.0 HS GPA will have the same chance of getting into the school if both have similiar Transfer stats.</p>
<p>HS grades is not one of the deciding factors for transfer admission.</p>
<p>theoretically that may be correct but lets assume you both applied to haas with 4.0, both had outstanding ec and essays but there is only 1 spot and the other person’s HS gpa is double yours…so who do you think the spot will be given to? i mean come on, the adcom are still human…</p>
<p>I am esp worried because there are quite a few 4.0 ppl applying from my CCC to haas so I am afraid I will be at a disadvantage here…</p>
<p>what are your stats Trivia?</p>
<p>HS stats have no impact on your admissions decision… I’m not really sure how many 4.0’s apply to HAAS…Hopefully its not that many…LOL</p>
<p>With a 3.91 avg…there is probably over 10% of 4.0’s. 
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<p>I’d put it at 10%-25%</p>
<p>Nobody’s gonna have an equally good stat with another. Like fingerprints.
Even if they may look so identically good (to the point where it’s impossible to distinguish which is better), each application is either superior or inferior to another in the eyes of adcoms. They are trained to do this. And certainly they will not judge you based on your HS grade.</p>
<p>To UCs, High school is a past. All that matter are the college grades. And even if HS grades may matter (which is highly unlikely), Who knows? If you were getting a cum. GPA of let’s say… 1.5 at HS, and you suddenly you start getting 4.0s starting colleges, this may tell very well of your academic excellence that had been hiding in you throughout the high school, and adcoms may interpret this as a result of extreme hard work and passion for your major, and may actually look at your favorabally. Sort of like “most improved” award :)</p>
<p>But whos knows what adcoms may think? As you said, they are humans, and i doubt anyone here will be able to provide you with a definite answer. But talking purely from theoretical perspective, your HS grades are NOT SUPPOSED TO MATTER WHAT-SO-EVER. </p>
<p>So the best thing you should be doing is put aside your worries about your HS stat and just hope for the best result. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Oh I would be applying next year so there is still plenty of time to drop that 4.0 i am currently holding…</p>
<p>stats…hmm lets see what applies to the UC…</p>
<p>alright…</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 (fall + winter…so ya…still got to get past this spring, summer and next fall)</p>
<p>Major prep and breadth done by Fall of next year</p>
<p>EC: honors, business club, ptk (applying for leadership), ags, internship at two medium sized companies, psat tutor, domain broker, web developer, and plays soccer and badminton each semester? (lol yes i know i am really pushing it here…but got to show i am not a couch potato…rofl)</p>
<p>so ya…anything can still happen at this point but i am taking my first 20+ unit semester this spring and its really not as bad as i thought it would be. gives me a real confidence boost and i think i should be able to maintain the GPA as long as I make the commitment…so hopefully we will both make it to haas. you are applying for fall 07?</p>
<p>dhl3, LOL I really like the way you think :D. tyvm</p>
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<p>I think you are right. Doesn’t the top 80% have 3.8x-4.00? So its certain that the top 10% have 4.0…lol, <em>shudders</em></p>
<p>trivia,
If you are applying as a transfer student after a certain amount of transfer units from a ccc they do not take HS records into consideration. You are excepted or rejected before they even see your transcripts so the adcoms do not know what your HS gpa is. They have no way to base their decisions on admittance since they see the transcripts after the decisions are posted and those are only requested so that they can allow additional credits.</p>
<p>the thing is that i have applied to the uc in HS and subsequently rejected from everwhere including ucr…</p>
<p>i had a 2.x gpa and 2100 sat along with mediocre ec…</p>
<p>i am afraid they still have that on record…thats all</p>
<p>past applications do not make a difference what so ever…they dont have the time to mess with that stuff…your all good…</p>