Most UCs (notably SD’s point-system) give more points to low-income studentsthat boost a student’s chance to get in their colleges. Does anyone in here know what the “cutoff” for low-income is? I’m just asking for ROUGH estimates here… not exact numbers.
<p>I thinkn it depends on how many people live in your house. But I th ink nationally low income is considered less than 40k, or else Harvard would have never said that anyone that makes less than 40 K, gets a full ride.</p>
<p>But if it's like student and mom i think 40k would not be low income.</p>
<p>what if it's 4 people???</p>
<p>bump. anyone?</p>
<p>for sure for sure, i'd say <30,000. if you qualified for a fee waiver you are low income</p>
<p>Yes, 40,000 is still low for a student and a mom because they factor in <em>family</em> income when considering how you pay for college, not the income of each spouse. Granted that in the real world 40,000 is a decent amount for a single mother, but when it comes to paying for college you will still be at a disadvantage because a mom making 40k doesn't have near as much financial headroom to pay for college as if she was married to a man making 40k as well.</p>
<p>ok so "ohnoes" you're saying that for UC's 40,000 for a family of 4 is LOW-income correct?</p>
<p>bump... anyone else have any info?</p>
<p>bump!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>This is a reasonable question....did you call the admission's office to ask?</p>
<p>no, I haven't called the office yet. Sorry, maybe I should have asked instead of posting, but I was just wondering if anyone else knows about the whole low-income thing for the UCs. Anyways, thanks for all those that helped, at least somewhat. Please answer if you have even the slighest clue as to what "low-income" really is.</p>
<p>dont' call the admissions office - they'll only refer to to the financial aid office.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fao.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">www.fao.ucla.edu</a>
<a href="http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/finaid/%5B/url%5D">http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/finaid/</a>
<a href="http://www.fao.uci.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fao.uci.edu/</a>
<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/%5B/url%5D">http://students.berkeley.edu/fao/</a></p>
<p>are the sites for the big UC's</p>