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FINANCIAL AID/SCHOLARSHIPS
ACCEPTING AND RECEIVING YOUR AID
Financial Aid applicants are awarded aid in April. You will receive a Wildcat email with a link to your Financial Aid Offer Letter, with instructions on how to accept your aid and any required next steps needed to receive your aid. All aid is accepted in your Student Center via the Portal. Any aid you accept will be applied towards any university fees due. If you accept enough aid to cover your fee balance, no out- of-pocket payment will be due. If you accept more aid than the total balance due to the University, you will receive a disbursement (refund) at the start of each semester. If you do not have enough aid to cover your university charges, you will need to pay the balance by the fee payment deadline–July 27, 2022.
Exceptional Circumstances Appeals
Financial aid eligibility may be reconsidered based on new financial information not reflected on your FAFSA or CADAA. If you or your parents have a recent significant reduction of income, or if you have other exceptional circumstances, you may submit an appeal for our consideration. Please contact us for information on how to submit an appeal. You can also find information on appeals here: www.csuchico.edu/fa/appeals/ec-appeals.shtml
Common reasons to appeal include:
• Reductioninincome
• Substantialnon-reimbursedmedicaland/or dental expenses
• Financialsupportofextendedfamilymembers
• Substantialnon-reimbursedtravel/commuting expenses
• Childcareexpenses/elementaryorsecondary school tuition
• Change in student marital status
• Loss of home or property due to fire or other disaster
IMPORTANT STEP FOR CAL GRANT AND MIDDLE CLASS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
New undergraduate students must communicate to the California Student Aid Commission that they plan to enroll in college and want to claim their Cal Grant or Middle-Class Scholarship. Students must register and log in to their WebGrants account to do this at mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov. If the college of attendance listed is not accurate, students must initiate a school change through WebGrants. The California Student Aid Commission will notify us once your eligibility
is confirmed and we will update your Cal Grant offer once confirmation is received. Middle Class Scholarships will be awarded in October.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR 2022-2023
June 1, 2022: Verification priority deadline
July 27, 2022: Fall fee payment deadline
August 18, 2022: First possible fall aid disbursement
December 8, 2022: Spring 2023 fee payment deadline
January 2–February 15, 2023: Wildcat Scholarship application is open for the 2023-2024 academic year. Applicants will be considered for over 500 scholarship opportunities at Chico State.
March 2, 2023: FAFSA/CADAA priority deadline for the 2023–2024 academic year
IMPORTANT WEBSITES
FAFSA: studentaid.gov
CADAA: dream.csac.ca.gov
Cal Grant/WebGrants: mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov Steps to Financial Aid: www.csuchico.edu/fa/steps
Award Information:
www.csuchico.edu/fa/award-info
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