<p>it depends on how much money your family makes, really.</p>
<p>my family does not make much money (i received free/reduced lunches all throughout K-12) and USC gave me around 37k for my fr/so/jr years, and as a senior (due to the changed finaid guidelines) reduced my aid to 32k. i then appealed (i had weird circumstances) and they increased it to 35k. all these figures are separate from federal grants where, i receive a few thousand more. this year i do have 5k in loans, which was the most i’ve had to take out in a single year in my USC career.</p>