Who's worried about Paying for College

<p>Class wars on college confidential. Heh.</p>

<p>well when you have a parent crying because she can't afford her kids presents for x mas is a hardship, not necessarily for me, but for my mom put that in your pipe and smoke it. way to blow it out of context.</p>

<p>I guess I just don't understand the significance that Christmas has for some families. My parents never gave me Christmas presents, and almost never gave me gifts at all because we couldn't afford them, but it was never a big deal for us.</p>

<p>thatgirltoo
"I am worried, a bit, but still going forward with my plans to earn my BA no matter what. So far I've only been offered small loans at CSU, and no financial aid at another (OOS). UCB and Mills haven't accepted me yet, so no word on that front."</p>

<p>With a 3.96, you may qualify for a Regents scholarship (full ride.) I also have a 3.96, although from CSUEB @ 3k/yr, and I received an invite to compete for UCLA's Regents scholarship (1 in 4 chance), who actually sends out less than UCB.</p>

<p>I wasn't aware that UCB offers Regents to transfers, if so, that would be great! I didn't even think to apply for the alumni leadership scholarship until it was too late, but anyway, I can't come up with anything in which I've been a leader.</p>

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With a 3.96, you may qualify for a Regents scholarship (full ride.)

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<p>The Regents scholarship is *only *a free ride if you have a demonstrated need (noted in FAFSA and the like), if not then it's 5,500 a year for UCLA and 1,000 a year for UCB.</p>

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I received an invite to compete for UCLA's Regents scholarship (1 in 4 chance), who actually sends out less than UCB.

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You are aware that UCB does not send out transfer Regents invites, right? They only review your actual application and make Regents decisions only from material presented on said application.</p>

<p>I realized that “UCB sends out” was rather ambiguous after I posted it. Let me clarify a little. What I meant to say was that UCB purportedly endows 200 Regents scholarships upon applicants, whereas UCLA only grants 100 (more like 150). Since UCLA has a higher application rate than UCB and the majority of students who apply to UCLA also apply to UCB, it seems likely that the UCLA Regents winners will also be granted Regents at UCB. Considering the fact that thatgirltoo has almost identical statistics to me, she has a decent shot at acceptance.</p>

<p>From what I have heard, the UCB Regents results will be posted along with the admissions results on the 30th of this month.</p>

<p>Let's hope we all get Reagents. I just wish it was a bit higher for UCB, my EFC is ~45,000, so I am out of the running for any sort of aid. </p>

<p>And yes, the decisions for both Regents and admission will be posted on the same day, the 30th.</p>

<p>Oh, that's good to hear! I also hope that all of us get Regents. Even $1000 helps.</p>

<p>EKtaylor
Another Regents hopeful, huh? It seems like all of the competition came to this one site. Good luck to you.</p>

<p>That sucks that you won't be able to utilize all of the grant money. </p>

<p>On one hand I'm happy that I have an EFC of 0, but at the same time, it also means that I'm poor. A five-year-old in private school will do that to you.</p>

<p>Talk about not living in one's means!</p>

<p>Although my family can't support my education financially (which is where the EFC comes from), I can support my daughter's. The business that I own is rather lucrative when working full time; however, as full-time student and only working part-time, providing for myself and my daughter becomes a delicate balancing act.</p>

<p>If I wasn't trying to further my own education, I could support her private school education just fine, but eliminating a better education for my daughter just so I can I have one is not fair to her.</p>

<p>Who's planning on working full time while going to a UC? I've considered it but it would kill most of my social life and IMO would suck the 'college experience' dry--wake up, go to school, go to work, homework, sleep...</p>

<p>Conversely, all those student loans will bite me in the butt...</p>

<p>i would prbably work part time. I am working part time now and have very minimal social life. However, I always tryt o hang out with friends during weekends.</p>

<p>I think after this summer, the next job I'll hold will be in 3-4 years (if you don't count TA positions); I'm not so worried about debt, $200,000+ doesn't bother me at all if I am able to study at the world's top universities. Luckily, I choose the CCC route which knocked off a substantial amount of superfluous money, and opted to attend a public in state UC as opposed to applying to the east coast universities (ivies, georgetown, etc), which aren't worth the costs for an undergrad education.</p>

<p>The problem with working full time is that it can substantially hurt your financial aid if you make a decent amount of money.</p>

<p>"I think after this summer, the next job I'll hold will be in 3-4 years (if you don't count TA positions); I'm not so worried about debt, $200,000+ doesn't bother me at all if I am able to study at the world's top universities. Luckily, I choose the CCC route which knocked off a substantial amount of superfluous money, and opted to attend a public in state UC as opposed to applying to the east coast universities (ivies, georgetown, etc), which aren't worth the costs for an undergrad education."</p>

<p>But they are worth it. </p>

<p>"Although my family can't support my education financially (which is where the EFC comes from), I can support my daughter's. The business that I own is rather lucrative when working full time; however, as full-time student and only working part-time, providing for myself and my daughter becomes a delicate balancing act.</p>

<p>If I wasn't trying to further my own education, I could support her private school education just fine, but eliminating a better education for my daughter just so I can I have one is not fair to her."</p>

<p>Sorry, it's just that I'm a bit old-fashioned and don't believe in paying an enormous sum for the sake of a "better education." I just don't think education is something to be bought, although I'm not quite naive enough to think that nametags can't be sold to the highest bidder.</p>

<p>I also don't appreciate subsidizing your daughter's private education through my tax dollars, especially when there are merit-cum-means alternatives at every level.</p>

<p>Uh-oh...I smell another argument..</p>

<p>"Luckily, I choose the CCC route which knocked off a substantial amount of superfluous money"</p>

<p>i dont think the money I spent on the first two years of undergrad was superfluous.</p>

<p>Logo - You keep talking about things you know nothing about; your ignorance is astounding. Your tax dollars fund PUBLIC schools not private. You are seriously retarded.</p>

<p>Just how is your tax dollars subsidizing my daughter's education? By my FASFA? They don't even know she exists. </p>

<p>The cost of her private school is 10k per year, which is only 2k a year more than after-school daycare programs and a lot less than the UC that you want to go to, but that's right, you don't want to "buy your education." And yes, there is a huge difference in public vs. private school stats. Have you researched this? You couldn't even research this if you wanted to, you don't know what area I live in. </p>

<p>Your logic is so flawed, it troubles me to think that you may be admitted to any UC. You are an absolute moron.</p>