Merit Aid

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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I will be applying as a freshman to UCLA for the fall of 2016. I am Out of State, so the tuition costs really scare me. I don’t think I will be getting much money through the FAFSA, so I was wondering what type of Merit Aid UCLA gives, and whether I am automatically considered for it or if I have to apply for it. Could someone also let me know if I would be a candidate for merit aid with my stats? For reference I will be applying to the engineering school.

State: New Jersey
SAT: Composite(2060) CR(700) M(710) W(650)
ACT: Composite(33) E(33) M(29) R(33) S(35) E/W(30)
GPA (weighted on a 4 scale): 4.623
APs: Chem(5) BC Calc(5) AB Calc Subscore(5)
SATII: Chem(780) Math2(720)
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Physics C (M and E&M), AP Macro, AP English Lit, Principles of Engineering, Linear Algebra H
Plenty of extracurriculars, I have work experience and upwards of 1500 volunteer hours.

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For OOS applicant: ZERO

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if your parents can’t comfortably afford to spend $200K to send you to UCLA that it is not realistic financially for you.

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There are very few merit scholarships available for OOS students. UCLA regents is awarded to around the top 1.5% of applicants and amounts to about $2000/year. http://www.rssla.org/about/scholarship/
http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/src/Scholarship_Search.html#undergrad

I would run the net price calculator for UCLA. At the minimum expect to pay the $24K/year OOS supplemental tuition and fees and the maximum at $55K/year.