Discrepancies in Financial Aid !!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Man, these financial stuff is complicated:</p>

<p>So they sent the payments summary for me of SY 05-06:
Housing: $11,090
Non-resident UG: $8,652
University Fees: $3,376
Health insurance: $ 461</p>

<h2>Class pass fee-transit: $37</h2>

<p>Total: $23,616</p>

<p>I'm in-stater, so I dont have to pay for the Non-resident UG, it's off my balance now in bearfact. So, does that mean I will have to pay like around $15,000, not 23,600 ?</p>

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<p>And here's the typical student budget from the financial Aid office:
<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/ugbudget05-06.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/ugbudget05-06.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Housing: $11,629
Foods+Books&Supplies+Personal: $3,517
Transportation: $652</p>

<h2>Fees(Health Insurance included):$7,434 ($992 health insurance included)</h2>

<p>Total: $23,232</p>

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<p>With this, housing costs more, but that just means I have some money to save from paying less.
But along with that, many things are added compared to the first one:Foods,books&supplies,personal,transportation, fees are higher, health ins. is higher.
the first fours seem reasonable, but the fees and health ins. doesnt make sense.Y should they differ? It's not because of the SHIP, I dont have a major Health Insurance Plan.</p>

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<p>So this is the actual budget of mine, I think (just basically the 15000+book,personal stuff)
Housing: $11,090
Fees& Insurance(from the first one): $3,874</p>

<h2>Foods(snack),books&supplies,Personal,transportation: $ 4,169</h2>

<p>Total $19,133</p>

<p>Wow, that's like 4,500 lower than the amount expected !!!!!!!!
Will they still disburse that much (23,600) money into my account?
Will I have a lot of money to be on a trip back to Vietnam next summer, or did I just make the biggest ignorant assumptions of the century ?</p>

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<p>Sorry for the mess, but dont you guys have similar budget plan ?</p>

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<p>C'mon, check your letters.</p>

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<p>A) Have a little patience. It was only a 13 minute wait. </p>

<p>B) The first chart you have listed there shows the fees per semester. This explains the difference between the charts. </p>

<p>Overall (for the whole year) you will pay to the school:
Housing $11,090
Fees (including ClassPass and SHIP) $7,748</p>

<p>Financial Aid also budgets $4,169 per year for Books, Supplies, Personal, Transportation, and Food outside of your meal plan. </p>

<p>So, you should get about $2,000 a semester in refunds that are meant to cover the things listed above (supplies, books, day-to-day expenses, and going home). </p>

<p>I know it wouldnt be enough for me to go to Vietnam, but if you say so.</p>

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<p>The first chart includes housing for both semesters.
But why do they have the University fees & Health insurance for 1 semester? that sux man!!!
Your chart does make more sense,thnx.</p>

<p>I wanted to call the financial office, but they close at 3:30. I would have had like 30 minutes-->didnt wanna (I'm still living for pleasure).</p>

<p>I'll try to restrain all the personal expense, I have to get back VN next summer, I've been away for too long already.</p>