<p>I am looking to transfer to Chapman's Dodge College as an undergraduate and was amazed at how expensive on-campus housing is! It's cheaper at USC, which is startling. I have a VERY tight budget and would be pretty much entirely reliant upon financial aid and loans. How do you afford on-campus housing at Chapman? Any current students/alumni that can give me advice? Which dorm is closest to Dodge College? Any financial aid for housing? Etc. Your comments and advice would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>You probably need to contact Chapman’s FA office, but typically transfers do not get great aid.</p>
<p>Be sure to have a back-up plan…</p>
<p>If you’re a Calif CC student, then apply to a CSU or UC…you may get better aid that way.</p>
<p>Chapman
Room and board: $12,957</p>
<p>That’s not that unusual for Calif schools.</p>
<p>USC
Room and board: $12,078</p>
<p>^^R&B at Cal is $15k!</p>
<p>According to their website, USC’s room and board is also over $12000. You can get much cheaper housing off-campus and save money cooking your own meals at pretty much any campus.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m transferring from a community college, but I’ll be going into a 4-year program, so it’ll be like I’m a freshman. I’ve looked into USC too, but Chapman is my first choice. Both are so expensive, it’s starting to look mildly impossible to go to school. I’m going to look into every option I can. Thanks for your input, you guys.
If anyone has any more comments/hints please share them! Thank you.</p>
<p>Definitely rent off campus and share with roommates or check into working in the dorms, maybe campus housing gives you free R&B for working as a resident assistant</p>
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<p>Actually, you need to contact Chapman. For financial aid purposes you might NOT be viewed as a freshman because you are transferring from another college.</p>
<p>The Chapman website says that transfer students are not eligible for scholarships when they transfer…I don’t know whether this applies to their institutional grants or not…call them and ask.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m transferring from a community college, but I’ll be going into a 4-year program, so it’ll be like I’m a freshman.</p>
<p>I don’t think the school will consider you to be a frosh for aid/merit purposes.</p>
<p>What is this 4 year program?</p>
<p>What are your other options if USC and Chapman aren’t affordable?</p>
<p>You might want to talk to the admissions director. In my experience, I have seen some small privates able to look at the student however they wish. Ask if they would be willing to look at you as a freshman, but have some valid reasons why whatever you are doing makes reasonable sense to be dropped from consideration. Why are your CC classes not going to count toward your Chapman requirements? If you have taken GE classes they ought to count. If you do not count any of them and are applying as a full four year student, they may be able to treat you as a freshman.</p>
<p>According to Chapman’s link, merit-aids for transfer students range from $10,000 - $12,000. This is merit-aid, not including grants yet, if you qualify.
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