@lilyesh this student is a CA resident and the UCs would come in at or below their price point of $50,000 a year.
The question here is…will the parents let this student use this amount for medical school in the future instead, if the student gets accepted to medical school.
ETA…the Thumper family paid for college undergrad only out of current income using one parent’s salary. Pay for any grad or professional school was off the table. Kids had to fund that themselves. Sample of two (our kids)