UC's give better aid than csu's?

DKhetani
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:57:05 +0000

I got accepted to UCSB and I just received my financial aid letter. They’re giving me about $23,000 financial aid and I have to pay only $9000 or so

But I want to go to a cal state (specifically either sj, pomona, lb or fullerton)
and I got my financial aid for fullerton and lb, its like only $16,000 so.
I have to pay additional $12,000 wth?

Since UC is better and more competitive I thought I’ll receive lesser financial aid there but I guess i was wrong

Can someone just clarify how the financial aid works with the uc’s and csu’s