Other threads say…parent earns $45,000 a year. A $30,000 a year college is NOT affordable on a $45,000 a year income.
Student is from Arkansas.
Even IF this student got a full Pell Grant, and the $5500 loan for freshman year (that IS the federally funded aid), it would NOT fund the cost of attending a UC.
He has a 29 ACT and a 3.5 GPA which likely won’t garner merit aid at the UCs either.