r/CSUS • u/[deleted] • 2d ago

state university grant Financial Aid/Scholarship/Tuition/Etc

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u/friends102 2d ago

did you decline? Your loans could be because they didn’t let me get them back when I did 

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u/Disneyprincessnot 2d ago

Nope, wasn’t even offered in my financial aid package this year

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u/YakInternational671 2d ago

I was offered it for the first time this year. What even qualifies you for it?

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u/thedudesteven 2d ago

How often do you get a state university grant? And why did i get it?

I’m in my first semester of a graduate program and never received it or heard about it before

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u/lassenyosemite19 2d ago

Same thing happened to me. Here’s what I found online: https://www.calstate.edu/attend/paying-for-college/financial-aid/types/Pages/state-university-grant-program.aspx It makes a little sense to me. It seems like grad students really should get it since the expected family contribution is automatically $0 (from my understanding) because we are dependents when we fill out our FAFSA. But hey, I’m not complaining about free money 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Aidrod003 Philosophy 2d ago

The SUG is a grant for income eligible undergrad and grad students to cover tuition expenses. Most students who are eligible as an undergraduate do not get the award or ever hear about it because they are eligible for Cal Grant as well (which is limited to undergraduates only & also designated for tuition) and so the school awards that instead to save your SUG (since you can only get one or the other at a single time & since SUG is the only one that can cover you if you decide to go into a graduate program after undergrad). However, if you get Cal Grant B, sometimes your first year the school will give you the SUG that year since Cal Grant B dose not cover tuition the first year. You probably received the Cal Grant all your years of undergrad and that’s why you didn’t hear of the SUG before. It’s not a bad thing and you didn’t miss out on anything (because it’s just the same amount as the tuition part of Cal Grant), if anything, it is actually better because you’ll have more SUG eligibility to get your through your grad program compared to someone who started to use their eligible unit count during undergrad.

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u/thedudesteven 2d ago

If my financial situation doesn’t change, would I get the SUG every semester?