Important Updates

  • If you have been selected for verification, the deadline is June 15, 2023.  Please review your email for instructions.
  • For California Middle Class Scholarship updates, please visit MCS.
  • For Biden-Harris Administration’s Student Debt Relief information, please visit Apply for Federal Student Loan Debt Relief.

Important Dates for Financial Aid

Spring Quarter 2023

March 31 - June 18, 2023 Dates
Spring 2023 Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) waiver deadline Mar 1
Priority Filing Deadline for 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application Mar 2
Fee Payment Deadline Mar 15
Spring quarter financial aid refunds available through Direct Deposit or Student Accounting for eligible students Mar 30
Spring quarter begins Mar 31

Spring quarter instruction begins
Instruction start/end dates vary by program. Please refer to the GSM Academic Calendar 

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Deadline to confirm Academic Participation for spring quarter Apr 28
Academic Participation Appeal / Supplemental Evidence of Academic Activity (SEVACT) available if completing participation after the priority deadline  May 3
Last day to accept or request 2022-23 Academic Year Loans May 15
Spring quarter instruction ends
Instruction start/end dates vary by program. Please refer to the GSM Academic Calendar 		 Jun 11
Spring quarter ends Jun 18

Summer Session 2023

Graduate School of Management students are not eligible for financial aid during the summer term, except for the Online MBA, Part-Time MBA Sacramento, and Part-Time MBA Bay Area programs.

Fall Quarter 2023

September 25 - December 15, 2023 Dates
Last day to file a 2022-23 Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) appeal to request aid consideration for fall quarter TBD
Fall 2023 Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) waiver deadline Sep 1
Fall quarter fee payment deadline: Last day to pay fees to avoid being dropped from class Sep 15
Fall quarter begins Sep 20
Fall quarter financial aid refunds available through Direct Deposit or Student Accounting for eligible students Sep 25
Fall quarter instruction begins
Instruction start/end dates vary by program. Please refer to the GSM Academic Calendar		 varies
Deadline to confirm Academic Participation for fall quarter TBD
Academic Participation Appeal / Supplemental Evidence of Academic Activity (SEVACT) available if completing participation after the deadline TBD

Fall quarter instruction ends
Instruction start/end dates vary by program. Please refer to the GSM Academic Calendar

 varies
Fall quarter ends Dec 10