<p>mom2collegekids - it wasn’t that California didn’t take USC up on the offer - the situation was that California was going to simply stop the Cal Grant program. Cal Grant covers systemwide tuition and fees at the CSUs and UCs for qualified students, and pays $9,708/year at most California private universities like USC for qualified California students.</p>
<p>Last year the Cal Grant program was suspended in January and both new applicants and current students receiving Cal Grants had no idea if that money would be there for the Fall (students on quarter systems even had their spring grants put on hold as the quarter started).</p>
<p>USC made no offer to California. They assured their currently attending students (I was unclear in my wording) and their newly accepted students that if California did not come through with the grants those students had been promised, USC would be sure they were covered. Last year the grants were reinstated.</p>