<p>What's strange is that I have yet to receive any acceptance letter/packets from wither UCLA or Cal, but this afternoon I came across a large white envelope with the Financial Aid Offer from Cal. I thought, "oh neat....let's see what they say". Well, all this time I hadn't been able to creat my CalNetID, so I had no idea what my Financial award would be. At any rate....just a few questions.....</p>
<p>I was a little disappointed by the FSEOG, only 500. That seemed rather low....</p>
<p>Furthermore, the UC grant was only 460 dollars, compared to UCLA's offer of $8695.</p>
<p>Aside from the numbers, I was curious......did everyone else receive a scholarship and did anyone receieve the EOP grant? Also....has anyone received the acceptant letter from either UCLA or Cal? </p>
<p>Anyway, this is all quite a blessing. Did anyone receieve a scholarship from UCLA? Because I think it's strange how Cal gave me a scholarship and UCLA has yet to inform me if I have.......I thought both schools had deep pockets. lol</p>
<p>Hey, no complaining. I got my CalNet ID today and logged on, only to discover that I would be taking out $22,000 worth of loans. I got no grants, scholarships, etc. AND they have me as an off campus student and I cant change my status and increase the loan amounts until late June. Yay.</p>
<p>i recieved acceptence letter from Cal today..
and was really surprised that i had no cal grants whatsoever, even though i qualify for them...***?</p>
<p>and i had some money held for me from community college (cal grants) as well.</p>
<p>could it be because i did not submit my gpa verification form? i thought i didnt have to submit it since i am continuing to update my fafsa, and not starting from new.</p>
<p>anyways...im so screwed on financial aid right now...</p>
<p>and they have me as an off campus student although i wll be dorming the first year...</p>
<p>They have me as off-campus as well....however, It says in the packet that off-campus does mean apartments, frat/sor and co-op housing....however, I assume that includes off-campus University owned apartments...you know the new ones? hmmm......</p>
<p>UCLA is starting to look pretty good, huh everybody? ;-)</p>
<p>you can change your housing status with a simple form after you sign a contract for a spot in a residence hall...then the student budget increases by 3k</p>
<p>now i'm seriously contemplating whether i should dorm or not.
Having already to take out ~$15,000 in loans, i dunno if i could afford to shell out another $2-3000 for the dorms...</p>
<p>Ok I'm not feeling so bad......I hope it all works out for you all, honestly. You've worked so hard. Anyway.....the only thing I would be worried about the housing situation.....</p>
<p>Like I have said earlier.....rent is 947 a month without meals....That's sounds insane.....</p>
<p>Second, keeping the scholarship might be very difficult in the long run....I don't know.</p>