<p>Other schools that give great aid are going to require BOTH parents’ income…typically.</p>
<p>Right now, you have more than “free tuition”, so looking for merit elsewhere is not likely going to yield a better situation. At most, elsewhere, you’d get free tuition, and have a similar situation.</p>
<p>Keep calling UCLA about not wanting a single room. Explain that you have a single parent who can’t afford this.</p>
<p>Also…call the FA office and tell them that you’ve been put in a single room (not by choice) and see if they can give you more aid since your COA is higher because of that.</p>