<p>COA can include:
* Fees and books
* Living expenses
* Meals
* Transportation
* Personal expenses
* Dependent care
* Computer purchase
* Costs related to a disability
* Costs for eligible study abroad program
* Entertainment</p>
<p>here’s a list of FASFA lingo that might help some people out</p>
<p>[University</a> of Wyoming](<a href=“http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/SFA/General_Topics/lingo.asp]University”>http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/SFA/General_Topics/lingo.asp)</p>
<p>Oh, so COA includes all that and personal/entertainment expenses?
It’s kind of deceiving…Making the price tag look more expensive when
it includes spending the student <em>might</em> make.</p>
<p>yea, basically, the higher your COA is, the better it is for you in a way since the school might want to give you some cash to cover those expenses</p>
<p>I’ll be staying with my cousin and his girlfriend while attending UT. Would that count towards my COA for financial aid purposes since I listed it as off campus, even though I’m not paying to stay with them? Also, my EFC is 3800(barely Pell Grant eligible) with a family income of ~$53K, how much can I expect from UT, if anything?</p>
<p>ok so we just updated my fafsa and my efc was 11671 and my parents made around 96k. my brother goes to UT too though so do you think i will be able to receive a decent amount of aid since i’m not the only one in college?</p>
<p>My EFC was about yours mf91 and I also have a brother in college. The financial package I got was all loans except for a 2K ten percent scholarship.</p>
<p>did the school give you money just for being in the top ten percent? because i’m in the top 4% of my class</p>
<p>Yeah it is a state program thing, everyone who is in the top 10% gets 2K. It came with the financial aid notification.</p>
<p>the COA is easily found on the web site</p>
<p>[FINANCIAL</a> AID: 2008-2009 Undergraduate Cost of Attendance (COA)](<a href=“http://finaid.utexas.edu/costs/080undergradcosts.html]FINANCIAL”>Cost & Tuition Rates - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)</p>
<p>According to this the 2008-2009 tuition estimate for instate students for a semester is $4,045-5,952, so double that for a year.</p>
<p>oh i didnt know that. ha well at least i’ll get something</p>
<p>The 2K thing also requires financial need. I know b/c I got a letter in the mail saying I was in the running to get one b/c I was in the top 10% and would be notified by my school if I received the award. Unfortunately I didn’t get it b/c I don’t think I have enough financial need. Unless it’s awarded separately from the finaid package you get from UT in which case I still have a chance, but I doubt it. 
But congrats to all those who did~</p>
<p>I got the Top Ten Percent scholarship…so that means they consider me having financial need. So why then, it was the only aid I received?! Makes me so mad.</p>
<p>man i hope i get this top ten percent scholarship thing. because i’m pretty sure my fin. aid package will probably be all loans and stuff</p>