@tigerusa @techno13: Anytime an individual (OOS/International) posts regarding FA for the UC’s, I try to answer in general terms such as the UC’s offer little to no financial aid to the majority of these applicants. As always, there are exceptions such as Regents and Chancellor Scholars but these applicants are the top 1-2% of all applicants applying and not all UC’s are as generous as UCB.
First priority is in-state applicants for all the UC’s but to also attract highly qualified academic talent, the UC’s do offer some FA to non-resident students.
Every school will have highly competitive scholarships/FA awards so when someone ask their chances in receiving these awards, they are extremely low and should not counted on to make the UC’s affordable.
Any OOS/International applicant should assume they will pay full fees and use this assumption as a basis for determining if the UC’s are worth the cost.