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I would ask my bio father to help with the costs, but I have no idea where he is. My mother immigrated to this country late in her life, so she's not familiar with how other american households are. My stepfather(who went to highschool here) has convinced my mother that they don't have any money to spare(even though he makes over 100k/yr) in case he loses his job or something. Plus, she's convinced that parents shouldn't spend their lifesavings for their children's education or even take loans for them. They wouldn't even let me get a car because my stepdad refused to add me to his insurance plan or take any responsibility. It's not against the law for him not to pay for college, so I can't do anything about it. My stepfather keeps telling me I should've applied to a state school or settle for jc, but I just ignore him. Do any of you know around how much loans I would be allowed to get? I've applied to the top 5 UC's and I could probably compile $8000 from job savings and 1-2000 from local scholarships. Some of my relatives said they would help, but I would imagine that they couldn't help that much. I'm not worrying about getting in though because I have ELC and could get into davis as a last resort. any advice? Thanks
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