<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I was wondering how are financial aid and scholarship funds disbursed to students transferring to a UC?</p>
<p>Like say my total grants/Scholarships is $25,000....how are funds released to me for living expenses, housing, books etc...?</p>
<p>I couldn’t possibly tell you myself, but if I had to guess, I’d say it’s a combination of disbursed checks and automatic payment of certain expenses(Like tuition, for example) online, like the BOG fee waiver does for CC students.</p>
<p>I guess we’ll find out more if and when we get accepted. ;)</p>
<p>Haha yeah I guess…I was just curious for covering like rent and living expenses until it comes in or… you know?</p>
<p>And I wonder if it varies between the UC’s</p>
<p>Yeah when do we have to file forms in fafsa?!
I mean it’s usually around Feb/March, but we won’t know which universitywe’re going by that time!!! cuz we have to mention that in out fafsa application!!!</p>
<p>@bolandgoo</p>
<p>Just list the universities you applied to on the fafsa application.</p>
<p>Yeah you can list up to 10 I think</p>
<p>The money is first distributed to pay for tuition and you keep the rest.</p>
<p>For ex: say u get $24,000 in grants, scholarships, ect…</p>
<p>Then if you are in semester system (Berkeley and Merced) you will get $12,000 each semester</p>
<p>If you are in quarter system you get $8000 each quarter (fall , winter, spring)</p>
<p>So let’s say that tuition and fees (there are many fees like student fees, health fees, building fees, etc) is a total of 5,500 each quarter.</p>
<p>Then the rest of the $2500 is going to get refunded to you. Normally you will have a direct deposit set up between the bank and financial aid. That is the quickest and most convenient way to get your cheddah. </p>
<p>You will have to budget accordingly, and if you need more money they can offer you loans.</p>
<p>Okay so if you were awarded let’s say $28,500 in grants and scholarships in the quarter system the school would automatically take 1/3 of that money ($9500) and use whatever amount is the tuition for the quarter, then pay student fees, then give you the rest of the money so you can pay for housing and stuff on your own?</p>
<p>@ Matt2400</p>
<p>You are almost correct…</p>
<p>if you put off-campus housing or living with parents then your assumption is correct.
However if you choose to live in the dorms then the University will also deduct housing cost.</p>
<p>p.s. the dorms are very expensive, not worth the money unless you really cant cook.</p>
<p>What if you put University Apartments or you rent an apartment within like a mile of campus?</p>
<p>Like living in IV while going to UCSB</p>
<p>@Matt420
for UCSB living in IV is considered off-campus, so you will get the cash. </p>
<p>even some University owned housing is consider off-campus housing, for example at Berkeley there are co-ops ( [url=<a href=“http://www.bsc.coop%5DHome%5B/url”>http://www.bsc.coop]Home[/url</a>] ) are considered off-campus housing even through is only open to UC Berkeley students (if you get admitted to Berkeley co-ops are the way to go, they are cheap and within walking distance to campus).</p>
<p>if you are worried that the university is going to send out a detective to figure out how much you pay and deduct, dont worry, that is not how the UC’s work (at least UCLA where I go). It will be so expensive and hard to enforce, and like Sweet Brown says “ain’t no body got time for that”.</p>
<p>No I’m just worried there might be like a delay in sending out the money lol does that make sense?</p>
<p>Always assume delays in the UC system.
They transfer your money to direct deposit but only for that quarter. You don’t get the rest of the money in your account, since they assume you will spend it before you need it.</p>
<p>I can only speak on behalf of UCLA, but usually they are very quick to give out the money. </p>
<p>The #1 reason for delay is that financial aid request some documents and people have not submitted them… You have to be proactive in your paperwork and try to deal with situations ASAP… Also sign up for direct deposit, you don’t want a wait for a check.</p>
<p>Like the saying goes “you better check yourself before you wreck yourself”.</p>
<p>What do they usually request that I should be prepared for?</p>
<p>I would recommend spending the extra money and live in the dorms, at least for the first year. Most of the people I know met the majority of their friends living in the dorms. I’m older, so I chose to live in an apartment off campus, and although I do like the privacy and space, I will say you meet a lot less people. Co-ops are okay, but from everything I’ve heard, they tend to be dirty and all of the best rooms go to people with more seniority.</p>
<p>I think at UCSB dorms are only for freshman and sophomores.</p>
<p>@repo11 I agree that everyone should at least experience once in their life. Yes I think that you will meet people in the dorms that you would not normally meet. Its an easy way to expand your network. However I did not choose the dorm because I am way older than the average college student.</p>
<p>@Matt4200
The school will mostly ask to prove the stuff you put on FAFSA: tax returns, proof that you are a California citizen, etc…</p>
<p>Most UC’s guarantee housing to transfer students for at least 1 year (including UCSB) [Transfer</a> Student | Housing & Residential Services UCSB](<a href=“http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/community/transfer-student]Transfer”>http://www.housing.ucsb.edu/community/transfer-student)</p>
<p>ps. co-ops at Berkeley get filled quick, that is why you need to sign up ASAP. as soon as you know that you will get accepted.</p>
<p>Even if I’ve already provided all that to my CCC financial aid office? Can they just forward it to them?</p>
<p>I don’t do taxes because I make like $4500 a year from Federal Work Study which taxes are not taken out of my paychecks, I have the Pell Grant which is a major help to afford living expenses and student loans too until I can make enough on my own to support myself</p>