A few questions about FAFSA.

mom2collegekids
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:44:02 +0000

*Someone told me you get more if you live off-campus, but it makes sense if you choose to live on-campus because that means you have to pay more for dorms and such. *

You’re applying to UCs and it sounds like you have a very low EFC…maybe 0. Even if the UCs indicate that offcampus requires a higher COA, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they will give you more money. UCs do not promise to meet need.

Once you get Pell, Cal Grant, and Blue and Gold (UC grant), the rest may be loans and work-study. You don’t want to have to borrow more to live off campus…that’s not getting more money. And, living off campus has its own costs and issues…parking, gasoline, furnishing an apt, utilities, cable, etc.