Blue and gold

[Kender]

<p>jaynami:
Blue&Gold only promises systemwide fees will be met with any combination of grants and/or scholarships. This amount is just over $11k for next year. The additional fees above this are campus fees and are not covered by the promise made by Blue&Gold. Any amount met above systemwide fees is at the mercy of what funds are available and what you qualify for. There is no guarantee above the systemwide fees.</p>

<p>That said, the UCs are often generous with very low income students and the average amount I’ve seen is around $20k in gift money for 0 EFC students (or a similarly very low EFC). The rest is often in work study and loans.</p>

<p>GoMiamiDolphins:
Although it’s silly semantics, you have to think in terms that in-state students are not charged tuition. They are charged fees. Only out of state students are charged tuition (which is around $20k). Blue&Gold does not cover tuition as tuition is only charged to out of state students and they are not eligible for Cal Grant.</p>

<p>That additional $3k you’re thinking of is campus fees. As I mentioned above, Blue&Gold does not promise this will be met with any combination of grants and/or scholarships. It only promises systemwide fees which are just over $11k (the same amount as Cal Grant ;)). If you have Cal Grant, your Blue&Gold promise has been met and you will receive no additional money unless systemwide fees are raised mid-year. Then Blue&Gold will make sure that the new short fall is covered.</p>

<p>That said, they often seem to cover that amount anyways with campus grants or some other grant or scholarship. There’s just no guarantee.</p>

<p>Gattacamz:
So you were competing for the Competitive Cal Grant? There is no point system with the Entitlement Cal Grant, only eligibility requirements. Since it sounds like you did not qualify for the latter, the former is much more difficult to get as it is only given out in limited numbers (the Entitlement is given to everyone who qualifies).</p>

<p>Assuming that’s the exact wording the person used, it’s misleading. Blue&Gold only promises to meet systemwide fees. It does not promise to meet campus fees.</p>

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[ul][<em>]Under the plan, your systemwide fees will be fully covered by scholarship or grant money if you are in your first four years at UC (two if you’re a transfer student).
[li]The plan combines all sources of scholarship and grant awards you receive (federal, state, UC and private) to count toward covering your fees. If, for example, you receive Pell and Cal Grants and private scholarships that don’t fully cover your fees, UC grant money will make up the difference.[/li][</em>]Students with greater financial need can qualify for even more grant support to help defray other educational expenses (like books, housing, transportation, etc.) In fact, UC currently provides grant and scholarship assistance averaging $11,100 per student to more than half of undergraduates.[/ul]

[University</a> of California - Blue + Gold Opportunity Plan](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/financial-aid/grants/blue-gold/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/financial-aid/grants/blue-gold/index.html)</p>

<p>The third bullet point does leave it open to interpretation, but it is still clearly not a promise/guarantee that more than systemwide fees will be met. It is stating a possibility that more grant money **can<a href=“not%20%5BB%5Dwill%5B/B%5D”>/B</a> be received for very low income and very high financial need.</p>

<p>I am glad to hear you’ve had it confirmed you do qualify for Blue&Gold :). That is always a huge stress relief.</p>