<p>I saw this thread last week, and it raised my blood pressure, but I did not comment because I am not a regular here in Bruin territory. Hope you don’t mind the intrusion :)</p>
<p>However, the OP has now come onto another thread to link this thread and complain about the “immaturity” of those who responded here and to invite others to commiserate. Here is my partial response on that other thread:</p>
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alamemom:
esai23 demonstrated great immaturity in his/her unwillingness to look at the situation from the point of view of a California taxpayer, and then she continued on to insult the university that she thought ought to be handing her brother $50,000 of California taxpayer (my) money.</p>
<p>Just to clarify for those who are too young to understand, at the UCs, California’s flagship public university system which is supported by California taxpayers for the benefit of California students, OOS students will pay a $23,000 OOS fee in addition to their FAFSA EFC AND an approximate $9,000 student self-help contribution. So an EFC of $5,500 + $9,000 self-help + $23,000 OOS fee = $37,500. esai23’s brother was in fact awarded a UC grant of approximately $18,000 of California taxpayer money. esai23 was entirely dismissive of that gift.</p>
<p>Many California taxpayers, such as myself, believe that no UC grants should be awarded to OOS students. It does not make sense to us that we should subsidize students from Alabama, for example, with our tax money. As California students are turned away from UCs in favor of OOS students to garner those out of state fees, please understand that the push to change those aid policies will intensify - and not in the favor of Alabama students.</p>
<p>But, it’s not like esai23’s brother really wanted to go to UCLA or anything, so no harm done. It makes one wonder why she would complain so about the lack of aid.
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