<p>I will totally not get that much 
You’re so lucky lol.
This is what is from UCM:</p>
<p>Fed Direct Parent PLUS Loan $15,720.00
Fed Direct Student Sub Loan $3,500.00
Fed Direct Student Unsub Loan $2,000.00
Bobcat Scholarship (S3) $7,782.00</p>
<p>EFC: $12,301.00</p>
<p>My efc changed though, and it’s updated as different for UCSC:
**Estimated Financial Aid Budget **30,702.00<br>
Expected Family Contribution -12,219.00
Estimated Need 18,483.00<br>
Total Aid -0.00
Remaining Need 18,483.00</p>
<p>Go to UCSC (I went there for COSMOS, and it was AMAZING!!). End of discussion. I hate UoP. Stupidest college in CA.</p>
<p>I applied to UCSC and decided not to for UOP. I heard it’s situated in a ghetto town and it’s only good for like dental/pharmacy. That being said, it’s probably not a **** school, but I talked it out with my folks and we decided it wasn’t worth the application. And if prestige means anything to you, I personally feel UCSC is more respected. And it’s ranked higher than UOP.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, the privates offer an aid package based on FAFSA etc… but it can change. I have a friend that sent her daughter to a private school because the aid offered made it only a couple thousand more than a state school. Then her husband filed his taxes and the school is seeking an additional $6000, effective immediately. Plus her daughter isn’t getting all of her classes when she wants them, plus there is now only guaranteed housing for Freshman so next year she will have to pay a couple thousand more to live in a single, which is the only on campus housing available to her. So now the tuition is suddenly up to over $40k. So don’t be lulled into thinking the private school aid is guaranteed and set in stone, or that you won’t have the same scheduling problems or housing issues just because it’s a private school. It might be worse at the state schools, but the privates aren’t immune to the same overcrowding issues. They are all boosting enrollment to bring in more dollars.</p>