Ensure a smooth start with these 5 tips.
- Review and complete all outstanding tasks in CalCentral.
- Get your financial aid on time (beginning August 19).
Resolve any holds and make sure you are enrolled in a minimum of 6 units. Estimate your balance due or expected refund and create a spending plan. - Get your money faster.
Sign up for direct deposit and learn more about how it works.
Still need a paper check? Pick up on the 2nd floor of Sproul Hall Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, August 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. A Cal 1 Card or government-issued ID (driver’s license, passport) is required. Only you can pick up your check (no friends, roommates, parents or partners). - If you want, grant your parents/guardians or partner delegate access.
Make sure they have their code phrase so they can view your financial information in CalCentral, pay bills, or speak to Cal Student Central. - Need to speak with someone?
- Cal Student Central (financial aid, billing and payment, enrollment, transcripts, document drop-off)
Sign up for same-day appointments at the tent on the Sproul Hall steps August 19-30 (afterwards, at the front desk in the foyer of Sproul Hall). Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Photo ID required. - Cal 1 Card (campus ID)
Join the virtual queue at either of the self-service check-in kiosks on the first floor of Sproul Hall (north entrance). Open Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Funding-for-Undocumented-Students-UCB_10-9-2018
- Cal Student Central (financial aid, billing and payment, enrollment, transcripts, document drop-off)