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<p>You are implying that you can appeal and appeal until THEY meet your financial aid award requirements. This is simply NOT TRUE. You can appeal all you want, but as others have pointed out, UCLA has a formula for dispensing financial aid and it does not include the high cost of living in some urban areas. Just for the record…the Profile doesn’t consider this either. Yes, there is a place to write that down, but if you use the institutional methodology on any EFC calculator you will see that your area’s high cost of living doesn’t matter a speck. But anyway…it doesn’t matter…UCLA uses the federal methodology…and that is it. Period. You are not going to get increased aid because you don’t agree with the formula a university has chosen to use. You just aren’t.</p>
<p>In addition, scholarship awards based on GPA and what your child has to offer a school are different than need based aid which is what the Profile and FAFSA help schools determine. Decisions about scholarships are based on certain criteria usually unrelated to need…and to be honest, your chance of getting a merit aid award increased to cover $20,000 in costs is VERY VERY unlikely. </p>
<p>UCLA is a public university in California. You knew that when you applied. You knew the costs. You knew you were not a resident. If you did your FAFSA in February like you should have, you also knew the EFC they would be using for need based aid. You also should know that a school like UCLA gets tons of TOP applicants…it’s a fabulous school. It’s first obligation is to the students who are residents of the state of California. These residents are paying for that school to exist with their taxes.</p>