<p>How am I guaranteed a scholarship by UC when filling out the scholarship form of the UC application? How does this work? How does the selection process work? Is it the circumstance itself that makes me eligible or several other factors that need to be taken into consideration? This is what I put on my Scholarship application: I'm a low income individual, Hispanic, Florida resident, of European descent, 1st generation American, Spanish was my First language(English is currently my primary language), son of a widow, student with disability, one who preserved through difficult circumstances to achieve goals, has done extensive volunteer service, experienced mental illness, demonstrated academic excellence in extracurriculars, and will work part time in college. What are my chances for a scholarship?</p>
<p>California is looking to make money off of OOS students, not give them money to attend. UCB has already publicly stated in the news about accepting more OOS students because of the tuition they pay and I just got an email from my UC that they are setting a goal to enroll more OOS students for the same reason. I’m sure other UCs are doing the same.</p>
<p>I’ve yet to hear of any guaranteed scholarships that are universal through the UC system, let alone one that applies to an OOS student. The average aid I have seen given to a very low income IS student is about $20k (give or take in grants) with the rest in work study and loans (sometimes a PLUS or summer work contribution as well). This is to cover the roughly $30k (although this is rising) COA for an IS student. An OOS student has an additional $20k to cover which I have yet to see offered as anything but loans to an OOS student unless there is significant outside scholarship that exceeds IS COA.</p>
<p>There are very few scholarships available and many of them do not cover much. Even if you are extremely lucky to land Regents (a highly competitive scholarship only offered to very few students to even attempt to compete for it), not all of the UCs allow it to cover full financial need (minus federal aid and other grants) and it only covers up to IS COA even if it does. That would still leave about $20k left to cover. Some UCs, Regents can even amount to as little as $1,000/year despite financial need. The other available scholarships are just as rare and/or for very little amounts. They are no where near what you would need.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but low income students are not usually able to swing coming to a UC. It is too expensive. The UCs want you paying as much of that $50k price tag as possible whether it’s from your own pocket, outside scholarships, federal grants, loans, or whatever other source of money they do not provide.</p>
<p>You live in Florida. There are great aid programs available in your own state to help you go to college for a far more reasonable amount than the UCs charge to OOS students.</p>
<p>Your chances of a scholarship it depend on your gpa+test scores. OOS’ers are eligible for Regent’s/Chancellor’s scholarships, but those are extremely competitive. For Cal and UCLA, for example, you should plan on a ~2250 to have a shot. For mid-tier campuses, 2150+.</p>
<p>That form you fill out, I don’t personally know any kids who ever said they got any scholarship from that.</p>
<p>Some get Regent’s or Chancellor’s awards, but those are invitation only and seem to be SAT based. You can apply for the Alumni award, which is a very nice one, but is maybe $1500-$2500 yearly, depending on your campus</p>