Surprisingly, I am not a CA resident, I’m just applying to a lot of schools in Cali, so I can’t really apply to CA public schools since aid will be close to none. I do have public schools in my state (NY) I plan on applying to, if I don’t end up getting a lot of aid from these schools.
I am aware that my EDII choice is pricey but I am under the impression that they meet a lot of need, and I used their net price calculator and it was pretty affordable (I know they’re not always accurate but they can’t be that far off, or can they?).