Paying for UCLA

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I got into UCLA, which is so fantastic because I'm slowly warming up to going there instead of UC Berkeley.</p>

<p>The problem is, I have no idea how I'm going to pay for UCLA.</p>

<p>I live in the Bay Area, with unemployed parents on government assistance. My EFC is 0. My Financial Aid page says I will be responsible for about $9,900.</p>

<p>I applied to the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which I didn't get. I also applied to the UCLA Freshmen Alumni Scholarship AND the Bunche Scholarship, and apparently results are out, but I have not gotten any notification yet. Which probably means I did not get them.</p>

<p>I just don't understand. I really don't want to borrow ~10k a year and I honestly thought I would get something. I applied to 8 scholarships, and not getting 3 of them from the get-go really isn't looking good for me. 3 of them are Bay Area/Berkeley exclusive, which means I'm riding my hopes on 2 scholarships that add up to about $7k, but I honestly don't think I'll get them.</p>

<p>How am I going to pay for UCLA? Loans? I'll be in massive debt by the time I graduate, and I'm looking into Med School after that. Getting into UCLA made my day better, but thinking about money (or the lack thereof) just made my day worse.</p>

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<p>I am so sorry, I posted this in the wrong forum.</p>

<p><em>COUGH</em> I still have the same issue with college anyway, does anyone have any idea on how to help me?</p>

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<p>At Berk fin aid covers everything, but half will be loans…</p>

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<p>At the very worst, you could go to what would be your safety school and get a bunch of merit aid. I know, it sucks that you got into UCLA and can’t go. There are a lot of scholarships out there (fastweb.com), which since you have an EFC of 0 and got into UCLA, you should be pretty competitive for. If you need 10k an year, you can just compete for a bunch of smaller scholarships and it’ll add up. You only need to come up with the 10k for freshman year right now and can win more scholarships at UCLA.</p>