Financial Aid at UC/CSU

angieyeh
Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:20:02 +0000

Can anyone give me information about financial aid when you live at home? I know the cost of attendance is a lot less. Anyways I will be transferring next fall either to a CSU or UCLA if I can get in. I have an efc of 0 and I don’t think it’ll change anytime soon so it’ll mean I will qualify for a Cal Grant B (I already received two years of the $1551 so I have two years left) and a Pell Grant of $5550 next school year. If nothing changes, I know Ill get the $12192(assuming tuition doesn’t increase) and $1551 for Cal grant B and a $5550 in Pell grant money. The total comes out to be $19,293. The cost of attendance for a commuter student going to UCLA is $23,339. I know that when a person is a junior/senior, about $7000+ loans is a part of the FA package. My question is would they still put in 7000+ loans in someones financial aid package which lowers the amount a person receives in federal and state grants or would they just give you 19293 in grants?
I know I used the amount of the Cal grant for UCs but if you have experience at a CSU i would love to hear what your experience is! Thanks.