UC Blue and Gold Promise

mom2collegekids
Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:01:37 +0000

“Students with greater financial need can qualify for even more grant support to help defray other educational expenses (like books, housing, transportation, etc.) In 2010-11, UC provided grant and scholarship assistance averaging $14,514 per student to more than half of undergraduates.”

That doesn’t indicate a free ride.

First of all, it says “can”.

Secondly it says to “help” defray… Help defray does not mean pay for all of it. If I said that I was going to “help” you clean your room, I’m not cleaning all of it. I’ll help YOU clean your room.

Thirdly, you DID get some more support to help defray…you got more than just the tuition/fees.

Lastly, you have an EFC of $5000, you’re not the neediest. There’s a whole bunch more kids with EFC 0 and other very low EFCs.

I really don’t understand the thinking that taxpayers are going to pay for your bed and food. why would they? They don’t pay for those things for other people. My goodness, don’t you think you should have to pay for some of your education (with loans and summer earnings, etc)? You’re the one who’s going to benefit from the education, why shouldn’t you have to pay for some of it?

Seriously, most kids do not get to “go away” to school. Most have to commute to a local CC or a state school (like a CSU or whatever). Going away to school is a LUXURY. Taxpayers don’t pay for luxuries.