<p>The title says it all. I think I'd have a good shot at getting in, but I'm not one of those 4.0/36/2400 students, so I'm worried that I'd get almost no financial aid.</p>
<p>FA at the UCs for OOS students is low. </p>
<p>Berkeley will give SOME aid, but only up to the amount for instate students.</p>
<p>for instance…at UCB, if your family makes $80k per year, then they would be expected to pay $12k (15%) + $22k (OOS difference)…so they’d pay $34k per year. So, the student would get about $15k in aid (probably about $5500 in loans and $9k in grants…not a very good package).</p>
<p>As you can imagine, a family that earns $80k per year probably cannot afford to pay $34k per year for college.</p>
<p>the other UCs give even less aid to OOS students. probably only loans. </p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>The UC’s are recruiting OOS students that are full pay. This means about $54K in fees and housing. If, as the example noted above, is that the family earns $80K and tuition and fees are deducted, then the family would have to live on $26K per year. </p>
<p>[University</a> of California - Out-of-state tuition & fees](<a href=“http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/out-of-state/index.html]University”>http://universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/paying-for-uc/cost/out-of-state/index.html)</p>
<p>California residents are paying $32K and we aren’t getting any aid either, so an OOS student would have a minimal chance, at best of receiving loans.</p>