Homeless 4.0 transfer student

onmyway8
Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:39:03 +0000

I transferred from Santa Monica College. I haven’t started school yet, but I’ve been amazed at their dedication to welcoming all students, even transfer students. I was thinking I’d go to Berkeley, but I found them to be much less welcoming/had fewer scholarship opportunities.

My expected financial contribution (from both my family and myself) is $1, so I can give you the basic rundown. For UCLA I was expected to have $9,200 to cover after all of the grants but before my scholarships. After my scholarships-- which I applied to separately from the normal UC application-- I have about $2,000 to cover, but that includes their estimates for living/tuition/health insurance/supplies/transportation/other. For Berkeley I was was only supposed to have $7,200 to pay, but I found out they didn’t include health insurance, and while UCLA over-estimates living costs, Berkeley seemed to under-estimate. I found that I would be able to live off of what UCLA gave me but not what Berkeley gave me. For that, I picked UCLA.

I applied through the UC application. Honestly, I don’t think the essays matter THAT much. Scholarships can be a huge pain to apply for, but I think it is definitely worth it. Each school probably has different scholarships you can apply for, for Berkeley there is a leadership one in February and UCLA has an Alumni scholarship in April. Most scholarships are about the way you write, not necessarily what you write about.