How generous is UCLA going to be with financial aid?

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<p>Financial Aid Statistics
Number who applied for need-based aid: 2,579
Number who were judged to have need: 2,085
Number who were offered aid: 2,085
Number who had full need met: 478
Average percent of need met: 80%
Average financial aid package: $15,075
Average need-based loan: $5,360
Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $12,017
Average non-need based aid: $5,511
Average indebtedness at graduation: Not reported</p>

<p>These are stats for freshman receiving financial aid (source: collegeboard) and I was wondering how generous are the UC’s going to be this year with budget cuts and raised tuition. I know the blue and gold plan covers tuition if you make less that 70k a year ( what will tuition be like 10k next year?) but beyond that how generous will they be?</p>

<p>On my [UCLA</a> Aid Estimator](<a href=“http://www.fao.ucla.edu/estimator/calcinfo.aspx]UCLA”>http://www.fao.ucla.edu/estimator/calcinfo.aspx) it says i will approx. get 15-16 k in grants out of their 26k annual cost. Does this mean that I could only get offered like 10k in grants or will they have enough money to meet everyones full need. </p>

<p>The stat above says 478 out of 2085 had their full need met. not very impressive.</p>

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<p>the only thing i know is the Blue and Gold plan…in general, i don’t think the UCs are very generous with FA and scholarships for transfer students…they prolly figured we already saved enough money by going to CC for 2 yrs</p>

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<p>I dont think he UCs are very generous either, and this year after those major budget cuts, ull prolly get even less FA.</p>

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<p>I think the UC’s are very generous. UC’s tuition are already as low as it gets comparable to many other college and definitely comparable to the other top 25 schools in the nation. The more you need the more you will get, and if you have good grades you will get even more. It’s simple, if you are poor (like me) you will get 80 to 100% of your tuition covered. Housing is a different story, they can either write you a fat check for like a few thousand dollars that wont even come close to covering housing costs, or they will not write you any fat checks at all. I think it’s very rare for the school to pay for literally everything including food, transportation, housing, entertainment…etc. If you don’t want to work and go to school then just take out loans for housing like I will be doing. It’s about the only GOOD debt you can be in.</p>

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<p>yeah i know about the Pell grant which is around 4k…the cal grant which is upto 9k and the blue and gold which covers tuition…who knows how much we will get though</p>

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<p>Do you have to wait till you get your W-2’s to file a FAFSA? I know that the sooner you file the better, but I don’t have my W2’s. Does anyone know?</p>

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<p>you can file it now if ur last payment has your yearly salary or your parents yearly salary. There is an option where you choose “will file” and then you update once you file your taxes. </p>

<p>I did mine and it give you your EFC right away and SAR within a couple days</p>