<p>I want to go to college in california and some don't have on campus housing is there any way to get help? like a program to help pay for a apartment or help with rent or do the colleges help you get a job to pay for your apartment, is there any type of financial aid ,grants to help pay for a apartment for a college students apartment or do you just get loans???</p>
<p>Your college will have a cost of attendance that will include tuition, and housing/board (whether on or off campus). When you apply for financial aid, the cost of attendance is ONE thing that is considered when they award you your aid. BUT the most significant thing is your parents income and assets…that will be a huge factor in determining the amount of aid you receive. </p>
<p>You CAN receive aid that you can use for housing (after you pay your tuition, etc). </p>
<p>I do have to ask…what college is this where there is no housing? Is this a public community college in CA? Are you an instate resident for CA or are you hoping to move there, and go to college?</p>
<p>If you are out of state for a public university in CA, it is highly unlikely your financial aid will be sufficient enough to cover your out of state tuition AND room/board costs.</p>
<p>yes i’m out of state i live in washington,d.c i know one i’m thinking about which is college of redwoods in eureka,C.A i think they have on campus but i would really like to be off campus</p>
<p>Financial aid (if you are eligible for any) can be used to pay for either on campus or off campus housing. Financial aid is based on your school’s COA (cost of attendance) which includes allowances for living expenses. You may or may not receive less money living off campus, depending on your school’s policies. Some schools have only one COA so you receive the same aid whether you live on or off campus. Some schools have 2 COAs , on campus and off campus. Some even have three COAs - on campus, off campus not with parents, off campus with parents (usually the lowest.</p>
<p>College of Redwoods has three costs of attendance for out of state students:</p>
<p>Living with Parents: $14172</p>
<p>On Campus; $16958</p>
<p>Off campus (not with parents): $19616</p>
<p>That includes all fees and tuition/housing/etc.</p>
<p>The thing that might factor into this is your out of state status. There is a higher cost of attendance for out of state students and typically students do not get aid enough aid to cover the out of state tuition costs. These schools do NOT guarantee to meet your full need. </p>
<p>SO…you might get enough to live off campus and you might not. The reality here is the cost of attendance allocated by the school is LESS than the off campus cost. What you need to find out is if you can really find housing that costs less AND is within a reasonable distance from the school. Otherwise you are adding the cost of a car or transportation to the costs of living off campus and that can really add up.</p>
<p>Do residents of DC get instate tuition everywhere? I thought I read that someplace but I might be making that up! :)</p>
<p>You might be thinking of the D.C. College Access Act, through which the United States picks up the difference (up to $10,000) between IS and OOS tuition at any public college in the country for DC residents, among other benefits. The reason for this is, of course, because they don’t have a state government-backed university system, because they don’t have a state government, because they’re not a state.</p>
<p>(No, no, I’m not even kidding here – all they have for the entire district is UDC! I don’t think they even have any community colleges!)</p>
<p>Yes Gardna, that’s it. That might be of some help to the OP. The OOS cost at College of Redwoods is not $10K more than instate.</p>
<p>So it looks like the OP would be paying instate rates for College of Redwoods. The issue is will the school provide sufficient aid to cover the costs of attending that the family cannot pay.</p>
<p>In that case, I have no idea. There are a lot of things that this guy needs to know. He needs his EFC, he needs to know if they promise to meet full need (they probably don’t), he needs to know how much he/family can contribute, he needs to know if the school offers merit aid, he needs to know if the aid continues beyond freshman year, he needs to know what he needs to have or do in college to keep that aid if it exists, he needs to know if the aid is guaranteed if he has a certain stat (SAT, ACT, GPA), and he needs to know what all of those numbers are in his case.</p>
<p>(I’m almost positive that the DC Act is still around; I remember President Bush reauthorized it in 2003 (?) but I can’t remember if it’s due to expire soon or not.)</p>
<p>yes i think you are talking about the DC tag program this is what you are talking about -</p>
<p>D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant (DC TAG) Program
Two options:</p>
<p>Public College Option for Undergraduate Students: Provides up to $10,000 per year for five years. Funds the financial difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition at participating public colleges throughout the United States.</p>