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Fall Quarter Checklist for Students Receiving Financial Aid


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Undergraduate Fee Payment Deadline is September 15, 2009.
Graduate Fee Payment Deadline is September 24, 2009.


Is Your Financial Aid File Complete?

Be sure to check the status of your financial aid on our web site at https://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/AidStatus/index.asp.

The following information should have been received by the UCSB Financial Aid Office by August 1 in order for your financial aid to be credited to your UCSB Billing (BARC) account by the fee payment deadline:
  • All forms indicated on the Request for Additional Documents (if applicable). See Tab 3 on your “Aid Status.”


  • If you are accepting your student loans, the Student Loan Request Form should be submitted electronically (see Tab 5 on your “Aid Status”).
Are You Applying For Loans? If So, Have You Taken Care Of
     These Requirements?


  • Direct Loan Promissory Note (if you have not already completed a Master Promissory Note)

  • Parent Loan (PLUS) Promissory Note (if the parent borrower has not already completed a Master Promissory Note). See the links on Tab 6 of the web site.

  • Entrance Interview Form for the Direct Loan (if you are a Direct Loan borrower for the first time at UCSB)

  • Perkins Loan promissory Note and Entrance interview (if you are a Perkins Loan borrower for the first time at UCSB)

  • Graduate Plus Loan Promissory Note and Entrance Interview (if the borrower has not already completed a Master Promissory Note and Entrance Interview).
Note that you can complete the Direct Loan/Graduate Plus Loan requirements (Master Promissory Notes and Entrance Interview) and the Perkins Loan Entrance Interview and Student Loan Questionnaire online. Use links provided on your electronic Award Letter and to the Student Loan Request Form.
Are You Enrolled In Classes For Fall Quarter?

  • To register for classes use GOLD:
Undergraduates must enroll in a minimum of 6 units for financial aid and loans to credit to BARC.

Graduate students must enroll in a minimum of 4 units for loans to credit to BARC.

Will Your Fall Fees Be Paid Or Deferred By The Deadline?

  • You can check to see what financial aid has been credited to your BARC account by viewing Tab 7 of the “Aid Status” portion of the Financial Aid Office web site. You can check the status of your BARC account at: https://mybarc.ucsb.edu

  • Undergraduate students who have a “balance due” on their BARC account must pay or defer this balance by 4 p.m. on September 15 (graduate students – September 24) in order to avoid a $50 late payment fee (assessed by the Office of the Registrar) and to protect enrolled class space.

    If your aid is not sufficient to pay your BARC charges or your aid is not ready to disburse by the deadline, you can enter into a deferred billing agreement with the UCSB Billing Office by completing a “Payment Agreement Form – Financial Aid Recipient”. This form will be available on the Billing Office’s website mid-August at http://www.barc.ucsb.edu/forms.htm#Billing. Please note that the BARC Office assesses a $25 charge to defer your “now due” charges.

What If Your Fall Fees are Not Paid Or Deferred By The Deadline?

  • If your fees were not paid or deferred by the fee payment deadline, you will be charged a $50 late payment fee by the Office of the Registrar. If you are an undergraduate, you may be dropped from your classes. If you are dropped from your classes, in order for your financial aid to be credited to your BARC account, you must pay or defer your “current balance” charges with the Billing Office and re-register in at least the minimum number of units.
How Will Fall Refunds Be Issued?

All refunds are electronically directly deposited into your designated account by the BARC Office. You can complete the Gaucho Direct Deposit Authorization Form on-line and mail it to the Billing Office. For more information regarding refunds and Gaucho Direct Deposit, please visit the Billing Office website at: http://www.barc.ucsb.edu/refunds.htm

All students who have a credit balance as a result of financial aid, loans, or graduate credits on September 10 will have their direct deposit released to their designated account on September 15. For those students who have not requested direct deposit, checks will be mailed to local addresses on September 15, 2009. Students who have credit balances acquired after September 10 (due to financial aid loans, or graduate credits being applied to their account) will have their direct deposit released to their designated account twice weekly starting on September 24, 2009 (checks will be generated and mailed only once weekly).

Students living in non-University owned housing should use the proceeds of their refund check to pay their room and board.

When Will You Receive Your Fall Registration Sticker?

  • Order a registration sticker on GOLD if you need one for the bus.

Have You Activated Your U-Mail?

  • The Financial Aid Office will communicate with students via U-Mail. We will inform you of any changes to your financial aid by instructing you to access your aid status on the Financial Aid Office web site. You can activate your U-Mail by selecting the U-Mail icon from my.sa.ucsb.edu.

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