<p>I applied to UCB, UCSB, UCLA, and UCI. I'm 20 and a single mom. I live in the LA area so if I get into LA or Irvine, I can commute or easily figure something out because of the proximity. </p>
<p>I have no idea what to do if I get into the other schools. Mostly financially so I was wondering if they offer some type of assistance like child care, housing, etc.</p>
<p>Some UC’s have family housing available. You will pay for it out of the funds that you are expected to pay for yourself and any funds that you are given in federal and calgrants and loans. UCLA and Berkeley, for sure. This housing is likely oversubscribed so getting a unit is another story, and in both cases you’d want to see if you can do better for your buck in non UC housing. Otherwise you are on your own, but they will have databases of available housing resources.</p>
<p>This may be helpful info:
[UC</a> Berkeley Financial Aid Office: Undergraduates » Students with Dependents](<a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/dependents.htm]UC”>http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/dependents.htm)</p>
<p>as a ucla parenting student I can tell you that student housing aint cheap $1200-1700 a month. I pay $1444 for a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom. yet i do get generous financial aid but its impossible to survive without debt. (the rent is below market, west LA is expensive)</p>
<p>I am a proud Bruin however I feel that the way that UCLA treats its parenting student (yes we exist) could be better. I hear that Cal offers more generous financial aid for parenting students ( i heard that grad students get $8000 extra a year, not sure about undergrads). when you get accepted weight your offers carefully.</p>
<p>Both UCLA and Cal (those are the only schools I applied and consider attending so I don’t know enough about the other UC) have family housing. Both are fairly new housing units (about 6 years old) and very beautiful and well maintained. The good thing is that by living in family housing (i tried commenting is hell) my son attends clover elementary school which has an API of 951 (high) he as well as me are getting great education.</p>
<p>most of the people that live in family housing are graduate students so my neighbors consists of both MD students, very smart and intelligent people.</p>
<p>Many of my son’s classmates have parents that are doctors, college professor, scientist, engineers, ect. My son now wants to be a scientist and he know that he when he is older he belongs in college (however I hope that he doesn’t become a Trojan, I would prefer he goes to an IVY league college or UCLA like daddy). This is a big contrast to where we lived (in a working class hispanic neighborhood) where many of the moms spoke only spanish (like my parents) and as a community college student I was among the ‘most educated’.</p>
<p>Similar to Berkeley, however one thing that I did not like about Berkeley family housing is that is located very near the rail tracks its in a gentrified neighborhood where you see a lot of hip store next to factories (albany, CA).</p>
<p>one more thing to add, as a UCLA transfer student you are guaranteed family housing (you will be put on the priority list) so don’t worry about not getting into family housing and Its the same for Berkeley.</p>
<p>and to be honest, unless you have a good family support system commuting while attending UCLA is not feasible. Its not the same as community college, the level of course work is much more intense (especially for south campus majors). at 20 I’m assuming you have a baby getting daycare should be your priority (is very hard to get daycare for children under 2 years)</p>
<p>Wow Dagoberto thanks for the insightful behind-the-scenes response. Now I see why getting accepted is only half the challenge. Up to the deadline, all I ever worried about were my grades, but I will have to mentally prepare my daughter for the move because it’s a new chapter in her life as well. We’re from a low-income, mostly Chinese-speaking neighborhood so that’s all she speaks. She’s 3 now so by fall, she should be getting ready for preschool. I’m already intimated being housed near graduate students but it’s great exposure for her and I both. This is all a big “if” now, but it’s something to think about whichever school I go. Thank you for the eye-opener!</p>
<p>Here is a link to the student-parent housing at UCI: [About</a> | The Verano Place](<a href=“http://sites.uci.edu/veranoplace/about/]About”>http://sites.uci.edu/veranoplace/about/). That is a good place to start. I believe there is another housing area that accepts students with dependents. I looked into family housing at UCI and it is EXPENSIVE. More than UCLA. UCR family housing is $400-$600 a month and they are detached single-family homes. But you have to live in Riverside… If I get into UCI I am either going to commute from San Diego (my child is already in an excellent school and my husband has a good job), or we will move to south Orange County and each of us commute. I am hoping to get into UCSD, though, to save us the trouble.</p>
<p>I am unsure about other UC’s, but my friend who attends UCSD receives substantial amounts of grants and assistance. She receives money to pay for her child to be in after-school care, as well as camps during the summer. She would also be receiving a housing stipend but, because she is married to a Marine and they are receiving BAH, she is not eligible. She also gets the highest priority for registration. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>don’t know if its a good thing or not but I would say that at least 50% percent of family housing is Asian.</p>
<p>From what I can tell the majority of Asian are either Chinese or Korean</p>
<p>By Chinese or Korean I dont mean Chinese-American or Korean-American. I mean that they were actually born in Asia and some completed their undergrads in Asia
( for ex: Tsing Hua University)</p>