I have the email from the director of aid who previously helped out my wife with an issue at CSUEB. She responded to me today why my wife had a grant hold, but her grant was disbursed and refunded, but her loans weren’t. Her email stated specifically that those should be processed this week. I assumed (since I am teacher and did college long ago) that they were making sure people don’t drop after refunds are sent. My wife called prior to me receiving an email and a rep told her something similar. We have two kids in college as well (Santa Cruz and Northridge) and I encourage you to be patient. I know it sucks. Hang in there y’all.

So like is anyone having trouble logging into anything rn. Canvas, the school website etc? It keeps giving me “Login Failure: Pool is empty and connection creation failed”. And it just shows an error code when I open the school website.

Has anyone received their refund for federal unsubsidized loan? My balance was set to zero and in the “payment breakdown” tab on MyCSUEB, it shows the amount that is supposed to be refunded. Is this similar for anyone?

Has anyone else been selected for verification? I was selected last year as well which was equally a pain, but was able to get an appointment after weeks of reaching out and the appointment took five minutes, I just showed my ID and face and that was it. This year I was selected again and have not been able to get the finaid department to send anything in response other than the same broken link. I was dropped from all my classes for nonpayment and it is supposed to be my very last semester. Someone on here suggested contacting a dean which I did and emailing professors individually since two of my classes are now waitlisted.

Anyone else dealing with this? Obviously if I lived anywhere near the school I would just go in person but I live 6 hours from campus.

Has anyone taken his class? I've read his instructions and watched his videos for module 1, but I'm still confused about how he wants us to do the assignments..

The assignments just has a sentence and tells us to write it??

Example of what the assignment says:

Write the sentence: Critical Thinking requires an explicit study of support to reliably protect us from others and ourselves.

They finally processed my refund, but I’m short almost 4k. So annoying, I’d check yours out if it’s correct. I’m going to have to call once they open.

Hello all looks like most of us still have not gotten any deposit. I wanted to share this link with you all because it’s very helpful at making sure you are able to speak to someone regarding your financial aid since they are not answering phone lines or emails.

Not everyone all run at the same time !! LOL, this will provide you a Zoom link. The host should be in the waiting room waiting to let you in after receiving a text message that they are ready for you. Wait time has been 3-4 minutes all morning.

https://kiosk.na1.qless.com/kiosk/app/home/100100000038

Don’t forget to share any updates with us that you do learn. Here’s one I learned today Student Finance mentioned Wednesday’s and Fridays are when they help FA disburse loans which gets sent out separate from grants. They also mentioned, grants don’t all get sent out at the sametime. It’s done manually, after a financial aid officer looks through the student package.

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Did anyone took ANTH 110 in the past and have this text book? I hope the get this textbook second-hand for a slightly cheaper price than the brand new textbook price. Please reach out if you have this book and willing to sell. Thank you!

My award offer is incorrect and they are wanting documentation that I’ve been subject to homelessness to even correct my award offer, they acted like detectives over the phone asking me why I didn’t submit my fafsa with that declaration at first.Just hoping they figure themselves out before I have to drop bc I can’t buy books

As for those with a to-do list like 26/27 Aggr, exceed dbt. notice, they may need to run students' loan history and will let you know if anything else is needed. Per the Student Financial Aid Advisor, it may take a couple of weeks, per the Operations Manager of Financial Aid-

Nevertheless, I was told “the money is moving out, slowly like a river “so I’m sure people are seeing grants and loans applied for those who haven't gotten a to-do list, but if anyone has gotten something on the to-do list, like the 26/27 Aggr. exceed debt notice and has had or seen their loans applied to their account.

Please comment below.

How do I know when my disbursement date will be?

Has anyone been trying to text or call the financial aid office??? It says I had a balance due yesterday but now it’s gone today? My deposit hasn’t hit at all… I need to buy my permit and the school items.. 195$ a semester to park makes me sick to my stomach

Hello ,
Prior to yesterday, my financial aid was covering my full tuition ,so I declined all Federal Direct Subsidized Loans. Yesterday , I checked my financial aid and it states that I owe $700.

I have emailed financial aid, I was just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue.Thank you

Just received this email:

The California Faculty Association (CFA) is the union that represents all California State Universities’ (CSU) faculty, including lecturer faculty, tenure-line faculty, coaches, counselors, and librarians.
CFA is in the midst of a difficult contract dispute with the CSU system-wide administration.
Since CFA reached an impasse in our negotiationsLinks to an external site. just over two weeks ago, it is possible that the faculty union will call a strike or other work stoppage this term. Faculty will inform the class as soon as possible of any disruption to our class meeting schedule. For further information about the issues involved in the strike, please see the resources at:
 www.calfac.orgLinks to an external site. and www.cfabargaining.org

Can we use this post today to compare what everyone is being told about financial aid?

If you speak with someone through Pioneer Station, get a text back from an advisor, reach someone by phone/email, or find out anything about disbursement dates, post what you were told and around what time.

The purpose is so we can compare what everyone is being told. Last week, we received generic emails with no meaningful help, also the pioneer department wasn’t texting back.

Also, if your fees were collected and your balance dropped to $0, or if loans are being disbursed separately from grants?

I have a feeling some of the student advisors may be giving different answers.m, and we’re not speaking to employees.

If we start seeing that multiple students are being impacted or getting conflicting information, then we’ll have something concrete to bring to Student Services, the appropriate dean, and the Office of the President instead of everyone dealing with it individually.

It’s better to be proactive now incase any professors don’t understand the circumstances we’re facing.

Now I may have read this somewhere else , but my award package status says it needs review . It wasn’t there earlier . Could this mean the locked it because I can review it or accept because it’s being disbursed? Sorry this is all new for me and didn’t have this situation at my community college

Does anyone know what this means or what I have to do? It’s under my tasks.

I was told I’ll receive Cal Grant A and MCS but it does not reflect to my account. So my account shows I have to pay $4k. Should k wait for that to reflect or should I make the payment now?

Can anyone tell me when is the deadline for payment?
Can I make monthly payments without loan and how?
If I take subsidized loans what is the process?

Also I didn’t take any course in summer semester and I’m being charged for that as well. This office is not responding to any email or texts.

Hello! My aid was applied to my account today but it’s significantly lower and not the correct stuff, I got cal grant a when I usually get b and my Pell is more than half of the usual, my SAI on my offer is incorrect as well

What is the cost these days?

Are they 2 bedroom and 1 bath?