<p>So I have confirmed that transfer students have less financial aid than freshman folks. My family income was like 24k last year, and I only need to take out about 5k loans to attend one of the UC's. The annual cost is like around 32k/year, I got covered mostly by federal grants/scholarships. UC also waived my tuition.
For ppl who have experience in this, how is the cost usually like for low-income student transferring from public to private. I know grades are important. But say if I transfer from CC to a private with a 3.5+GPA, will I get more federal aid because its expensive than UC's? Or should I focus on my gpa and hope the school I'm transfer to cover most the costs?</p>
<p>The one I'm trying to transfer into have like 51k annual cost.</p>