<p>My financial aid package is on oasis today. Finally!</p>
<p>It says that my total cost of attendance is $27,000 for 2009-2010, with about $3,000 in loans and no other scholarships, etc. What I’m wondering is, since I’m a spring admit, does this mean that as of 2009-2010 I only have to pay this much since I’m only here for one semester? And does this mean that I will have to pay full tuition once I began my sophomore year?</p>
<p>That’s what it means.</p>
<p>Does USC make you pay half the tuition in the spring as they would expect you pay for the whole year? Lets say your EFC is 40k. Is it possible that you’ll have to pay around 20 in the spring and then 40 for the upcoming year? Or does USC assume that because your EFC is above half of USC’s tuition that you can pay for half of fall without a reduction in price? I’m very confused about this.</p>
<p>Your USC determined EFC is based on a full year’s Cost of Attendance (COA), so when you start in the Spring you are only paying the second half of that academic year’s COA. </p>
<p>Each semester is billed separately so you won’t have to come up with a year’s worth of tuition in the fall, only the first half of that new academic year’s COA. The second half would be due in the following spring.</p>
<p>So they calculate the COA for a full year of tuition and then bill you by semester?</p>
<p>Yes that is correct.</p>