<p>Practical money-wise? One of my friends is on welfare, has a single parent, two younger siblings, and lives on subsidized housing. Her mom doesn’t speak English, had CANCER, and doesn’t work. She has overcome extreme adversity. She’s be attending Cal in the fall with a cost of 10k per year. And you know what? She’s not complaining. Her EFC is zero and she got the max Cal grant, Pell grant, etc. If she can manage, anyone can. You have a chance of going to a world class university (USC) at an unbelievably low price. 30k for all four years. That’s less than tuition at a public school for students with no income! Surely if your EFC is zero, you can do work study, seek money from scholarships, etc, etc. Yes, you were offered a lot. And yes, you do feel that you are entitled to more.</p>