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<p>I believe you can, and that would be applied to your room/board. All California residents with applicable GPAs who decide to attend California colleges get the CalGrant if they apply for it and it isn’t affected by other scholarships. (At least that’s how it was for me; I got several thousand dollars in scholarships from USC and outside sources each year and still got a CalGrant all four years of school.)</p>
<p>I don’t know if USC gives extra free financial aid (I’m talking about the USC grants) to trustee/presidentials – but USC CAN offer you loans, which can also be applied to cover your other non-tuition costs.</p>
<p>Books, even though USC tells you to budget thousands of dollars for them, are never that expensive; there are websites you can buy used, or even rent, textbooks from and not pay full price!</p>