<p>alamemom, you are missing the part where I have a scholarship that pays for the most of the loans. If I did not have that, then financial aid at USC would not even make it “barely possible” for me to attend. I would have just chosen UC Berkeley or UCSB since their financial covered almost everything for me as opposed to USC. I always tell my friends how its not true that private universities give more money. Yea, they do, but their COA is ridiculous that it does not even make a difference.</p>