Summer Financial Aid
for Undergraduate Students

GRADUATE STUDENTS: Please see the Summer Financial Aid for Graduate and Professional Students page.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Please review the information below, as well as answers to the most commonly asked questions, before speaking with a financial aid counselor. If your question is not answered on these pages, please feel free to contact us for further assistance.

IMPORTANT: You will find your summer financial aid package on MyFinAid beginning in March. You can check your Messages on MyFinAid in late February to see if you are eligible for a UC Summer Fee Grant. Your complete summer financial aid package, including grant and/or loan eligibility, will be determined in March based on your enrollment at that time. If your enrollment changes after you have been offered a financial aid package, a new package will be determined and offered on MyFinAid.

The UC Summer Fee Grant has limited funding this year. The maximum amount of grant you may receive will be determined by the number of units you are taking and your level of financial need as determined by your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). For more information about this important change, see the Frequently Asked Questions page.

A NOTE ABOUT BILLING: If you enroll in Summer Sessions between February 1 and April 15, 2012, your Summer Sessions fees will be due on May 15, 2012. If you enroll in Summer Sessions after April 15, your Summer Sessions fees will be due in the next billing cycle (the 15th of the following month).

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Eligibility
Types of Summer Financial Aid: UC Summer Fee Grant, Federal Direct Loans, Parent PLUS Loan, Work-Study
Frequently Asked Questions
For Further Assistance

ELIGIBILITY

Eligible Students: Continuing UC Berkeley students, returning UC Berkeley students, newly admitted freshmen and transfer students, and graduating seniors not on the spring 2012 degree list are eligible for summer financial aid.

Non-Eligible Students: Students on the degree list for spring semester 2012, foreign students, non-UC Berkeley students, blocked students, dismissed students, Berkeley graduates, and students not making satisfactory academic progress.

TYPES OF SUMMER FINANCIAL AID

UC Summer Fee Grant

If you received a UC Berkeley Grant and/or UC Berkeley Scholarship during the academic year, you may be eligible for a UC Summer Fee Grant. This award is available only for UC-sponsored summer programs.

Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized Loans

• If you did not accept the maximum amount of Federal Direct Loans in the 2011-12 academic year (see maximums listed below) and you enroll at least half-time for Summer Session, you may be offered Federal Direct Loans for summer.
• The annual loan maximums for dependent students are: freshmen, $5,500; sophomores, $6,500; juniors and seniors, $7,500. Of these maximum loan amounts, at least $2,000 of the total is unsubsidized loan.
• The annual loan maximums for independent students and dependent students whose parent was denied a Parent PLUS Loan are: freshmen, $9,500; sophomores, $10,500; juniors and seniors, $12,500. Of these maximums, at least $6,000 for freshmen and sophomores, and $7,000 for juniors and seniors, is unsubsidized loan.
• If you are a first-time Federal Direct Loan borrower, you must complete both an online Master Promissory Note and an online Loan Entrance Counseling session.

Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan (Parent PLUS Loan)

Please see the Parent PLUS Loan web page for more information.

Work-Study

Work-study awards from your 2011-12 award package cannot be earned after the spring 2012 term ends. However, if you have work-study as a part of your 2012-13 award package, you may begin earning these funds as early as June 1, 2012, providing that your 2012-13 financial aid file is complete and your financial aid offer is not conditional (e.g., no missing documents).

Although your 2012-13 work-study funds can be earned during the summer, they are specifically designed to meet your expenses during the 2012-13 award year. Earning your 2012-13 work-study award during the summer deducts from your 2012-13 award package. It is important to have these earnings available to apply to your expenses once the 2012-13 academic year begins.

There is no option to convert summer loans to work-study. Work-study is not available for Summer Abroad Programs, Education Abroad Programs (EAP), Intercampus, or Consortium programs.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Read answers to the most commonly asked questions about summer financial aid.

FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE

If you need further assistance, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page; call us at (510) 642-6442; email us at summeraid@berkeley.edu; or visit us at 211 Sproul Hall.