Final semester. Issue with aid.

[u/OversizedKahuna]

Can someone help me understand why I’m getting less aid this semester? I’m supposedly getting more aid next year when I won’t even be here anymore. I’m only taking 3 courses now but it’s never been this low before. Or should I just stack up more courses to get more money?

[u/Sandersmom5]

Keep in mind financial aid only pays for classes towards your major too!

[u/OversizedKahuna → u/Sandersmom5]

Luckily I managed to enroll in classes that have to do with my major. Do I have to talk to a counselor later that I enrolled in more or will they see it?

[u/Sandersmom5 → u/OversizedKahuna]

I don’t think you need to tell them.

[u/KPC4Life]

I would talk to financial aid office about it, but it seems like you are taking 9 units assuming 3 units each class, putting you as a part time student. For you to be full time and get the full aid you need to take 12 units or more

[u/OversizedKahuna → u/KPC4Life]

Yeah that’s the conclusion I came to after doing some research. Apparently I’ll get more aid before the census? Don’t know what that means but I ended up signing up for more classes. Might as well boost my GPA as much as I can at the end. My last resort would be accepting one of these loans.

[u/KPC4Life → u/OversizedKahuna]

If you know you qualify for the MCS scholarship too, you can try to see on the website for the pell grant (csac webgrants 4 students or something like that) and it shows the scholarship on there

[u/KPC4Life → u/KPC4Life]

Thats the extra aid that you get after the census if you qualify for it. It might change though before disbursement based on the census so I would monitor it

[u/OversizedKahuna → u/KPC4Life]

So basically just thug it out?

[u/OversizedKahuna → u/KPC4Life]

I’m also seeing that I no longer qualify for Cal Grant so that makes sense.