Yes, there is financial aid available for Cal students. Check out our Summer Financial Aid web page.

The goal of the new “Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan” is to ensure that UC systemwide fees do not deter California households with incomes below $60,000 from aspiring to a UC education. For 2009-10 these fees are $7,788 which includes the 9.3% proposed fee increase.

All sources of scholarship and grant awards (federal, State, institutional, and private sources including outside agency scholarships) will count towards covering these Systemwide fees and meeting the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan commitment.

If your family makes less than $60,000, you should add up all of the scholarships and grants in your Berkeley aid package. You will typically find that you have at least $7,788 in grants and scholarships. For the few of you in that income category that do not have at least that much, the office plans to identify students needing additional grant funds to meet this new plan in the early fall.

Currently, there are hundreds of verification forms waiting to be
reviewed. The office is working very hard to review them as quickly and
carefully as possible. At this point in time, it is taking at least six
weeks from the time the verification form arrives to the point when a
financial aid offer is created. As the summer progresses the waiting
period should shorten.

Send your scholarship check to UC Berkeley, Financial Aid Office,
201 Sproul Hall #1960,
Berkeley, CA 94720-1960. The check should include the student's name, SID, and if possible, a letter of instructions from the donor. Have the donor write the check payable to "UC Regents," if possible.