If a student is claimed as a dependent by the parents, does the student’s income count towards that $80,000 limit on the Blue and Gold Opportunity plan? Or is it just the parent’s income that counts.
The net price calculators on the UCs’ web sites will give you financial aid estimates that are likely to be more reliable than vague generalizations. BGO appears to be mostly a marketing term to describe UCs’ existing FA levels for certain income ranges.