Confused about out-of-state tuition?

Gumbymom
Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:50:08 +0000

FASFA is not financial aid. It is a form that is used to calculate if your eligible for financial aid. UC’s are very expensive if you include tuition/room/board and extra OOS tuition ($23K) it does come out to about $55,000. Financial aid such as Cal Grants/Blue and Gold Plan/Middle Class scholarshps are only for California residents and since the UC’s are funded by California taxpayers, then California residents will get the bulk of FA. You will be eligible for loans up to a total of $27 for 4 years and anything you get from the Pell Grant. The rest of the UC’s costs would come from Parent Plus Loans (taken out by your parents) which would be a very large sum. The simple truth is yes, UC’s want full pay OOS students. If you cannot afford their cost, it really is not worth applying.