<p>I'm transferring from UC Davis cause my Cal and Pell grants were taken away and my dad can't afford it anymore. I want to move to NY [and specifically NYC cause of a job offer there] but would only be able to transfer to a college there if I can get basically all my finances covered by the school. My stats are, 3.9 high school un-weighted GPA [about a 4.5 weighted?], 2130 S.A.T., college GPA 3.75. Can you guys help me find schools in NY that would give me great merit scholarships for these stats?</p>
<p>Cooper Union gives everyone a full tuition scholarship (but that still leaves about $20,000 per year of other expenses). You can apply as a transfer student. However, it only has majors in art, architecture, and engineering.</p>
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<p>I’m not majoring in any of those but thanks. 
Any other suggestions from anyone?</p>
<p>I think you need to ask around and get a sense of who has FA for transfer students.</p>
<p>Few schools give great FA for transfer students. It’s unfortunate because with your stats, you would have gotten good FA and good merit scholarships as an incoming frosh.</p>
<p>I really don’t think you’re going to get better aid than what you get from Davis (which is now probably just a loan). If you lost Pell and Cal Grants, then that suggests that your EFC and income rose too much. It’s going to be the same no matter where you go.</p>
<p>What year are you in school? If you’re a frosh or soph, you may have to go to a CC and then transfer to a CSU or UC that you can commute to. </p>
<p>How much is your EFC now? And how much can your dad pay? </p>
<p>What is in your current UCD aid package?</p>
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<p>edited to add…I see from your other posts that you’re a rising junior. The schools that you’re looking at will be even more expensive than UCD and without any decent aid. You need to be realistic. </p>
<p>You probably need to take a gap year, earn some money, apply in this fall to a UC or CSU that you can commute to and finish your education.</p>
<p>I know that this isn’t ideal, but as a transfer you don’t have a lot of options when money is an issue.</p>
<p>Can your dad pay at least 14K? Providing your job can support your living in NYC, the OOS tuition at CUNY is around 14K. Perhaps the lowest you can go in NYC. It would be difficult to juggle time between your job and home work/calss, but it can be done.</p>
<p>Its just not worth it to move to NYC in my opinion unless you can afford it. After Cooper Union (free) and Columbia (Ivy) the NYC schools notoriously give poor aid, while NYC is notoriously expensive. What is the job offer? Is it really worth it? </p>
<p>You’ll likely end up in NYC when you graduate if you want to live there. I’d skip it for school for a host of reasons.</p>
<p>^^ You can live in NYC with a reasonable budget. No, you cannot find an one bedroom apartment over looking the Park on the Upper East side and dine out every night at a reasonable cost. But there are pockets you can find to live there with a modest budget. If the OP has a job, it might work out as they pay more in NYC. And don’t forget, there are FIVE Boroughs in the City, Manhattan is not the only place to live.</p>
<p>Cooper is Free of Tuition only, the R&B still will be on your dime…</p>
<p>Hmmm 
I’m thinking maybe I should just forget about college for now and take the job offer instead. I don’t know what our EFC is but we are seriously having trouble just affording to pay the mortgage every month right now, we really can’t afford any big additional expenses like college tuition. 
So maybe I should just use the money I get from my job to afford a decent place in NYC and go to school later if I ever need to? Since I do already have the job, the need for the degree is seeming less important. . . Many thanks for the posts so far. . .</p>
<p>what job is it? Columbia will give you a full ride if your family makes less than 60k. however I would strongly discourage a full time job if you are at a rigorous college (Columbia or Cooper union). a job is almost never worth a good college degree, such as one from UC-Davis, because the job or a better one is usually there when you graduate, the degree is not there when you get laid off or want to quit</p>
<p>you may need the degree for the NEXT job, unless you are for sure that you will be in this job all your live. It is common for CUNY students go part time at night.</p>
<p>Check to see how likely it is to be readmitted to UC Davis after properly withdrawing in good standing. In many schools, readmission is likely, or at least a lot easier than first time admission as a freshman or transfer. If that is the case with UC Davis, and you cannot afford to continue, consider withdrawing and then applying for readmission after saving some money from working and/or the family finances are better (but be careful of state residency issues if you move out of California to work or whatever).</p>
<p>UCB gives good advice. See if you can take a leave at UCB.</p>
<p>Your post suggests that you got Pell and Cal Grants, and then lost them…usually that’s because of an increase in income. I can understand that your family may not be able to pay for that “loss”, so if you take some time off, work, maybe your family’s situation will improve. NYC isn’t going to likely happen.</p>