D24 wants to go away to college, but we just cannot afford it [CA resident]

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Linking OP’s previous threads for reference.

CA Colleges - Chances of admission

Hello, my son is in the beginning of his Junior Year of HS. He wants to go OOS for college, but that is not possible for us financially. I am having him look at the CA state schools. His GPA so far is at 3.5. We did a GPA calculator, and if he gets all A’s this year we think his highest GPA would be 3.75 (no idea if I did that right) he has only taken 1AP class (scheduled to take this year) 1 IB course and 1 Honors class. He would like to major in Political Science, and career goals are politics or Law. He is involved with his Human Rights club at school since freshman year, he will be one of the Vice Presidents this year. He is signing up to volunteer at the Election polls. He also was accepted to the ACLU advocacy institute, but the physical trip to Washington DC was canceled due to Covid and he ended up doing it online. Just looking for some guidance on where would be a good fit for him. His Reach school is Georgetown or George Washington University, but it looks like his GPA and su…

CA colleges for CA resident and Grant Aid

Someone mentioned Grant Aid for CA schools for CA residents. They said it covered their student’s tuition at a UC or CA state school. Can someone let me know how this works? My son is a Junior in HS right now, so we are not ready to file FAFSA yet.