<p>@fredfrep: wow, UCI is expensive. I’ll only be paying 570 per month for housing down at UCSB. That quote is TOTALLY accurate. I calculated for tuition to be around 4,300 a quarter depending on how many courses you take. I wonder if the per unit unit cost is the same at every UC.</p>
<p>@fredfrep An $8,900 loan is better than a $18,000 loan. Be thankful of the gift aid that you got. -__-</p>
<p>My friend has been at UCSB for 2 years and has 80,000 dollar loans to pay already. Thankful for any type of aid.</p>
<p>@ayymeer yeah when you think about it like that, I am thankful but I just generally have a bad outlook on loans though (doesn’t anyone lol)</p>
<p>@Acoustickitty123 wow 80,000? that’s a crazy amount of loans for getting a undergrad degree, would understand for a graduate degree, still wow</p>
<p>Yeah! 80,000 is terrible. Especially when it’s roughly around 30,000 a year to attend UCSB. So an extra 20k wow.</p>
<p>Haha yeah loans suck 
but I mean hey, we saved a lot from going to a CC. Everyone is in debt after college. We have to accept the fact that we have to take out loans for school.</p>