<p>I am waiting to see my FA and it is killing me. Could you post school, effect, gpa, and FA amount. How much work study can one get? </p>
<p>I think you can get up to 9k in Federal Work Study…I haven’t got my FA package either I got into UCSB waiting for that and still pending admission for UCSD, UCLA, and UCB.</p>
<p>Should remake or bump this topic by the end of April once transfer decisions for all schools are out…</p>
<p>Just got my “Unofficial” package today from UCSB:</p>
<p>"Unofficial Grants and Scholarships$20857
Possible Cal Grant Eligibility$12192
Federal Pell Grant$5730
UCSB GRANT$2935</p>
<p>Unofficial Work-Study Eligibility$2000</p>
<p>Unofficial Loan Eligibility$7200
Federal Subsidized Direct Loan Eligibility: Direct Loan Eligibility$5500
Federal Unsubsidized: $1700</p>
<p>Unofficial Total Aid$30057"</p>
<p>GPA: 3.255
Major: Sociology
Personal Statement: 8.5/10 (very disadvantaged)</p>
<p>I hope it turns out I get more grants/scholarships, but I’ll find out after I SIR I guess.</p>
<p>Wow, that looks great. What does “unofficial” mean though? Man, I see why people go to the UCs now, over CSUs. Better education (debatable), and I am guessing the same amount of aid. Tuition is higher, but aid seems good for you! Would you even need to take a loan with that package?</p>
<p>^I got pretty much the exact same numbers as you. </p>
<p>I’m hoping for more aid lol like the FSEOG Grant and maybe a scholarship so that I won’t need to take out loans to pay for housing, I don’t want to have to work while I’m just getting used to the quarter system pace but idk yet I’ll know once I SIR lol</p>
<p>It’s just Unofficial for now</p>
<p>Wait, some FA can go toward housing? Which parts of it?</p>
<p>All of it? lol Except of course the Cal Grant or Blue and Gold that goes toward tuition.</p>
<p>So things that can be used for housing would be:
Work-Study Money
FSEOG Grant
Pell Grant
Scholarships
Work Study
B&G that exceeds tuition costs
and any other Grant/Scholarship you have been awarded</p>
<p>I have a question on the Unofficial Award letter there was a breakdown of actual costs and among them:</p>
<p>“Tuition and Student Services Fee$12192
Campus Based Fees$1555
Health Care Allowance$2569”</p>
<p>What exactly is the “Campus Based Fee and what is the Health Care allowance?”</p>
<p>@Matt4200 I’m extremely jealous of you right now. I only got $8,000 in grants (all of it’d ucsb grant) and I’m expected for $22,000 in loans. $5,500 sub $2,000unsub $14,000 PLUS. </p>
<p>where can you find this? I didn’t get an email or anything</p>
<p>@Matt4200 Where do you check your unofficial package for UCSB?</p>
<p>check for it on the ucsb admissions portal and there should be a link that says check my financial aid status</p>
<p>Yeah check on the UCSB admissions portal under check my financial aid status.</p>
<p>@mr401k - it’s still all unofficial you could get more if you SIR.</p>
<p>That’s a lot in loans though! 
why so much?</p>
<p>When i go there, i don’t see anything other than the new applicant page. hmm</p>
<p>@jenling01 - Have you been admitted already? If yeah has it been one week since you were admitted?</p>
<p>Oh and if someone could please answer my above question like 5 posts up plz that’d be great lol</p>
<p>@Matt4200 I believe it’s because I didn’t receive any other grant or scholarship but the UCSB grant. I don’t think my parents have much to contribute out of their own pocket, so I’ll have to use those loans. </p>
<p>My parents might be getting divorced though this year, so that would definitely help me out a great deal for next year’s FAFSA. </p>
<p>@mr401k - and they make more than 80k?</p>
<p>Did you get any work-study??
And you’re not Cal Grant Eligible?</p>
<p>Yes I got in on the 17th last Monday. I have a feeling mine’s delayed because of the mix up with my citizenship status so I hope it will appear soon</p>