financial aid

UC123cali · 03-19-2011, 04:48 PM

how come i still have to pay $9,400 for the net cost, even if i got the gold oppurtunity packet thingy...??

i tot it said to cover everything...

JetLogic · 03-19-2011, 04:51 PM

It doesn't cover everything

UC123cali · 03-19-2011, 04:55 PM

do you think $9,400 is my housing cost?

dtc7733 · 03-20-2011, 10:00 AM

i cant believe you are complaining about 9000$...i have to pay 51g's because the financial aid system is so f'ed up. where do u live and whats ur household income....i need some justification for this

JeSuis · 03-20-2011, 10:02 AM

@UC: it pays for your tuition, I believe. That still leaves housing costs.

Adamantoise · 03-20-2011, 01:53 PM

@dtc: this is because we are in state students. The tuition is only $11,300 for instate, and low income kids get a cal grant(from California) that covers all the tuition, pell grants, and a ucsd grant. I'd say his income is around $20,000, or even less.

sunfish · 03-20-2011, 02:17 PM

$9k with 0 EFC is the best you can do under pure need-based UC financial aid system. It consists of $5-6k of loans and $3-4k of workstudy. Some may get $1k or so of additional merit grant, but that's it.

UC123cali · 03-20-2011, 04:25 PM

my parents make 24k a year. and i am instate student.