<p>grey, is USC ur first choice? i thought cal was... </p>
<p>and floyd, im assuming cal is ur number 1 choice? what are ur stats and stuff?</p>
<p>Cal used to be my first choice, but I failed to consider lots of other factors. The UC system I'm sure will be a bit less generous to me in terms of FA than USC, especially in lights of the budget crisis CA is having, and the fact that USC reported a 6% increase in FA for entering Fall 2009 students. Also I found a program at USC that I am really interested in - it's called USC SPPD.</p>
<p>but usc is over 2x ucb so even with fa isn't ucb still cheaper?</p>
<p>i'm clueless on the fa side of things because i probably won't qualify</p>
<p>yeah, berkeley is my number one. </p>
<p>i've got kind of strange stats..
i messed up pretty badly my first two years of CC. the only classes i received credit for (didn't fail or drop) were two C's and two B's over the course of four semesters. the next four semesters, i averaged 3.75, taking progressively harder classes and more of them. this makes my Cum. GPA 3.47. i've got all of the prereqs done for UCLA/SB/SD (none are articulated for UCB), have taken 7 phil classes altogether, and have received A's in all of them. i've been employed since the age of 15 and i recently got involved with an internship at a small law firm. i'm really just hoping that i fit the criteria for what they're looking for in a non-traditional student.
i feel like my essays were pretty solid. not perfect, but solid.
according to GPA alone, i've got a fighting chance at a UCB and LA.
if rejected by both, i'm in at SD and SB; either of which won't be so bad, considering that two years ago, counselors at Pierce told me that, if i worked hard, i'd 'have a chance at cal state northridge'. they really get you to set the bar high..</p>
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but usc is over 2x ucb so even with fa isn't ucb still cheaper?</p>
<p>i'm clueless on the fa side of things because i probably won't qualify
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<p>Not for me, my EFC is 0. I'm broke as hell. USC meets 100% of demonstrated need, guaranteed. The UC system doesn't guarantee anything.</p>
<p>grey, oic. but i dont know - are you sure USC will give you enough F.A.? i mean, it is $40000 tuition to attend there, right? CAL is only 28,000. Even with F.A., does USC match CALs? </p>
<p>floyd, the upward trend is respectable. good job. i hope UCLA sees that I really want to go there, considering the fact that i am taking way too many classes.</p>
<p>ahh, makes sense. goodluck getting in.</p>
<p>Undergraduates
Residents Nonresidents
University Registration Fee 432.00 432.00</p>
<p>Educational Fee 3,131.00 3,424.50</p>
<p>Berkeley Campus Fee 207.75 207.75</p>
<p>Class Pass Fee - Transit 57.00 57.00</p>
<p>Health Insurance Fee 638.00 638.00</p>
<p>Nonresident Tuition Fee N/A 10,010.50</p>
<p>Total $4,465.75 $14,769.75</p>
<p>How do you get $28,000 for tuition at Cal?</p>
<p>Last year a friend of mine applied for CAL, UCLA and USC philosophy. She was low income like me and CAL/UCLA were 2x the price of USC. Odd, right? Well, when your EFC is zero and someone is meeting 100% of your demonstrated need, then the price of tuition doesn't mean anything. Whether it is 14k or 40k, 100% is 100%.</p>
<p>UC is not immune to the faltering California economy and the retarded budget crisis in California gov't. But, again, oddly enough, amid this USC announced about a week ago that they were expanding their FA program by 6% for entering Fall 2009 students.</p>
<p>Oic, well you obviously know more than me, lol. if you get into USC, and I get into UCLA, looks like we'll be rivals. see you at a football game! </p>
<p>how did i get that tuition price? it was a rough estimate. :P</p>
<p>ha off by a bit much</p>
<p>i should have noted that i was referring to total cost of attendance. because if we were to look at my estimate = i was only 1500 off. </p>
<p>but because i said, tuition - yeah, my rough estimate was REALLY rough.</p>