Summer Aid
Source: https://fas.ucsd.edu/resources/summer-session/Summer%20Aid%20.html Parent: https://fas.ucsd.edu/resources/summer-session/index.html
Overview
Please note that summer aid is dependent on remaining eligibility from the award year and your summer enrollment. Summer institutional grant aid is priority funding and subject to available grant funding. Please review the applicable presentations located at FAS Summer Session for detailed information.
2025-2026 FAFSA Filers
Grants
- Federal Pell Grant
- Summer Session enrollment requirement
- Dependent on your enrollment intensity
- Enrollment in less than 12 total Summer Session units will result in a pro-rated award
- Amount
- Dependent on your FAFSA Student Aid Index number
- Remaining percentage of the 150% annual award year usage
- Remaining percentage of the 600% lifetime eligibility usage (LEU)
- UCSD Summer Grant
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Changes in summer session units after initial aid offer may result in loss of aid
- Amount: Coming Soon
- May be reduced by other summer grants / scholarships and/or cost of attendance
- Limited funding subject to availability, enroll ASAP
- Requirements:
- CA Resident or Non-Resident Fee Waiver recipient
- "On Time" financial aid application during the academic year
- Eligible for University Grant In Aid funding during the academic year
- Valid 2025-2026 FAFSA application with a Student Aid Index (SAI) less than 6656
- Summer Grant for Cal Grant Recipients
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Amount: Coming Soon
- Limited funding subject to availability, enroll ASAP
- Requirement
- Cal Grant recipient during the academic year
Loans
- Federal Stafford Direct Loan
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Amount
- Dependent on your grade level
- Remaining annual aggregate limit
- Remaining lifetime aggregate limit
- Summer Session financial need and cost of attendance (COA)
- Learn More: Direct Loans
- Federal Parent PLUS loan
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Amount
- Up to remaining Summer Session cost of attendance (COA)
- Subject to parental credit check
- A new credit check may be required for summer if one was executed during the academic year and has since expired
- Summer Session PLUS Loan requires a separate parent application from the academic year application : “Award Range Request 2” Option
- Learn More: PLUS Loans
- Private Loans
- Subject to credit check
- Terms and conditions vary
- Learn More : Private loans
2025-2026 DREAM Filers
Grants
- DREAM Grant
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Changes in summer session units after initial aid offer may result in loss of aid
- Amount: Coming Soon\
- May be reduced by other summer grants / scholarships and/or cost of attendance
- Requirements:
- Demonstrated financial aid need based on the DREAM application
- State grant and/or institutional need based aid offered during the year
- UCSD Summer Grant
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Changes in summer session units after initial aid offer may result in loss of aid
- Amount: Coming Soon
- May be reduced by other summer grants / scholarships and/or cost of attendance
- Limited funding subject to availability, enroll ASAP
- Requirements:
- CA Resident or Non-Resident Fee Waiver recipient
- "On Time" financial aid application during the academic year
- Eligible for University Grant In Aid funding during the academic year
- Valid 2025-2026 DREAM application with a Student Aid Index (SAI) less than 6656
- Summer Grant for Cal Grant Recipients
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Amount: Coming Soon
- Limited funding subject to availability, enroll ASAP
- Requirement
- Cal Grant recipient during the academic year
Loans
- California Dream and University Loan
- Summer Session enrollment requirement: 6+ combined session units
- Amount
- Dependent on your grade level
- Remaining annual aggregate limit
- Remaining lifetime aggregate limit
- Summer Session cost of attendance (COA)
- Learn More: DREAM Loan Information
- Private Loans
- Subject to credit check
- Terms and conditions vary
- Learn More : Private loans
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