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<p>If your friend is paying $46K to go to a UC, he must be an OOS student. The UCs do NOT promise to meet full financial need. They are public universities in CA…a state which is having a lot of financial issues overall. </p>
<p>If he has a college fund that is supporting ALL of his expenses to attend this UC, I’m not sure I understand the problem? </p>
<p>Your friend’s appeal of his financial aid might net him nothing in the end.</p>
<p>Chaos, gotta ask, are you becoming the “resident financial aid expert” for all of your friends at your UC? This is the third “friend” you have posted about. It is very possible that you (as a fellow college student) aren’t hearing the full financial picture from your friends.</p>