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<p>You can always call the school and ask if financial aid for transfers is different from financial aid for frosh. If it is the same, then just use the net price calculator. If it is different, and the net price calculator does not ask any questions relating to your frosh or transfer status, then consider the result a best case result, with the actual result likely being worse (so if the best case is unaffordable, it is not worth applying).</p>
<p>A lot of schools that meet need for freshmen don’t for transfers. You need to read the financial aid pages thoroughly. Bottom line is it is going to be very unlikely you are going to be able to go to a college here. USC would probably try to meet your need and they do put a calculator on the transfer student financial page, but I don’t think you will get in. Make sure you look at the admission requirements. The other schools won’t likely meet need so you will have your pell grant and your loan available. You need to look at the really cheap state colleges, and hopefully you have someone to cosign for the extra you will need. You are shooting yourself in the foot not using your state colleges. Move here after graduation.</p>
<p>@BrownParent If you don’t mind me asking, why don’t you think I’d be able to get into USC?</p>
<p>You’re correct though about state colleges. I think having explored and researched every possible avenue in regards to financial aid, that it only makes sense to stay here and I can leave when I graduate.</p>
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<p>USC takes in a ton of transfers each year. Are you thinking of CalTech again? =)</p>
<p>If you really want to be in California, I would look at private schools farther down the selectivity food chain, as they are more likely to be impressed with your stats and award scholarships accordingly.</p>
<p>@Hanna Did you have a few example schools in mind?</p>
<p>@PurpleTitan CalTech and Stanford both are in that same boat lol I thought USC accepted quite a few transfers each year.</p>
<p>Regarding ‘personal reasons’ for not wanting to stay in your home state – VA is a pretty big state. Don’t let some personal relationship issue or something like that force you into a high cost/high debt transfer situation. Look at your state schools and figure out your options there, you are likely to find more affordable choices. Move once you finish your degree – if you are a CS major, you will likely find a job in most other states.</p>
<p>I don’t know off the top of my head if they offer scholarships to transfers, but I’m thinking about schools at the selectivity level of Redlands, La Verne, etc.</p>
<p>Darth: son is freshman so more money is given to freshman than transfers.
Seriously consider the privates and call some that you think might be viable. </p>
<p>Remember, this is California. Hundreds of thousands of students work really hard with a dream to be a California student and most assume that their great grades and stats will give them a full ride. That’s what a number of students here on CC EXPECT. </p>
<p>You can see their frustrated posts: that they’ve worked hard to come here and that they thought that their stats would give them a full ride here. Their parents haven’t saved a dime. Then they become really frustrated when told that there’s no money, and of course, their parents didn’t expect to pay anything because their children should be earning a full ride. </p>
<p>It’s a tough dream to have dashed, especially if they haven’t done their research about costs.</p>
<p>@"aunt bea" Thank you. I’ll do my due diligence and figure out if this is even viable for me. I’ve had my head in the clouds and forgot to keep my feet on the ground.</p>
<p>And thank you everyone for their advice and help, there is a wealth of information here and I feel I’m not the only person who can use this. </p>