<p>I'm planning on going to De Anza for two years and transferring to UC Berkeley. It seems like I can get significant financial aid for UC Berkeley or other UC schools because of my family's income. So I might be able to have quite a bit of my UCB paid by grants but what about community college? Can I get financial aid for a community college like De Anza equal in proportion to what I would get while at Berkeley?</p>
<p>I think the same would apply to foothill too ;).</p>
<p>In proportion to? I don't know. CC is a different can of beans. </p>
<p>There is something called the "Board of Governor's Fee Waiver" available at California community colleges, dependent on income. Do a search for it on the Foothill or De Anza website. The basic idea is that it waives your enrollment fees, those $26/unit things you pay to take the class (tuition, in other words). It DOES NOT waive the other fees, a miscellaneous assortment of things (student body fees, things of that nature) that amounted to about $40 for me, or textbook costs. </p>
<p>You can apply for a subsidized loan through the college as well. Other than that, you're going to need third-party scholarships and the like to cover the rest.</p>
<p>i think it depends on your EFC so that would mean you would have to fill out a FAFSA.. For example, if your EFC is zero then you would get some aid for your CC education but if your EFC is say $5000 than that is more than the cost of CC for a year. On the the other hand if your EFC is $5000 and you qaulify for the BOGFW then you could get your tuition reimbersed.</p>
<p>They are really lenient about income and the EFC in my experience.</p>
<p>My EFC is in the neighborhood of $8k (a little over, I think), and I still qualify for BOGW, method C -- which means my fees are all covered and I just need to pay for books and miscellaneous fees. The year before, my EFC was lower (I think around 4-5k?) and I qualified with method B -- same results.</p>
<p>It also discounts your parking permit in some places. I will note the income/EFC thing is also based on how many people are in your family -- mine is a family of 4.</p>