Housing and financial aid (transfer student)

kat121
Thu, 09 May 2013 02:06:22 +0000

I was recently admitted to Berkeley as a transfer student, and I’ve been trying to figure out how my housing situation will work if I choose to go there, and how this relates to my financial aid. So here are my questions:

-How would living off campus affect my financial aid? That is, will it reduce my gift aid, or my workstudy/loan offers, or both? And by how much?
-I qualify for the blue and gold plan thing, so that means they have to cover my tuition, right?
-Can I stay in the dorms for one semester and then move off campus or do you have to stay for a year?
-I know Wada Apartments (which I qualify for as a transfer) counts as off-campus. It looks much cheaper than regular dorms- 8 or 9 thousand-ish. I’m sort of worried that the financial aid reduction will make it more expensive after all, though?

I was considering co-op housing, but it would be difficult to get a place for the fall semester, which is why the on-campus for one semester question occurred to me. Any insight you might have would be very appreciated!