<p>I’d recommended going to a school in your state. Attending UCLA has been the worst decision I made in my life. It has ruined my chances for any grad school. Had I attended another school, I could have easily attained a 4.0 and get into grad school.</p>
<p>@ucla111 oh! what is your major?</p>
<p>See the 2012-13 budget… </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fao.ucla.edu/publications/2012-2013/Estimated_Budget_Figures.pdf[/url]”>http://www.fao.ucla.edu/publications/2012-2013/Estimated_Budget_Figures.pdf</a></p>
<p>there’s this “Bruin Pay Plan” available at UCLA which basically allows you to pay monthly installments for your tuition. The payments you make via BPP would be for University Fees, non-resident tuition and Health Insurance (if you don’t have it). If you think you can pay for it and survive “monthly” (from parents, job, scholarships), then UCLA is for you. As for the room and board rates (seperate payment from tuition):</p>
<p><a href=“http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1005186[/url]”>http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1005186</a>
(that’s the cheapest option - residence hall, triple with corresponding meal plan).</p>
<p>If you can manage to be an RA your second year, housing is free. You can also sign-up for the university apartments your second year which are cheaper (although no meal plans available). </p>
<p>For books, if you’re smart about it, you can get books from amazon, ebay etc. or if you’re an honors student, you can borrow books from the library for one full term( I’ve only tried this at one library, so you might want to check out the other UCLA libraries to confirm). </p>
<p>So there, I hope I got to help you in the financial side of things. Last year, I was offered 22k in Plus Loans and I didn’t get it. It turned out that I didn’t need the 22k anyway. Good luck.</p>