<p>I’m not in your situation, but one solution is don’t live on campus. get an apartment or rent a room in a house that’s cheaper off-campus. Cal’s dorms are notoriously expensive. this year my parents spent about 17k on housing and dorm food (which is cruddy), and next year we have a projected 12k on housing and food (which I get to cook and I know is fresh and delicious).</p>
<p>otherwise, you may want to take out a loan and consider finding jobs to make money while at Cal. after your first year, you could also consider applying for a resident assistant job, which would give you both housing and a small salary. I think Cal also has a work-study program? I don’t know how that works, but I know it exists because when I applied for a notetaking job they asked if I was on work-study.</p>