will On vs. Off campus fafsa effect acceptance decision?

Paying for College
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<p>I'm independent status with EFC 0:
Transfer decisions are still out for several of my schools and i'm finally submitting the fafsa. Besides the money, will selecting on campus housing possibly be another factor in deciding against my acceptance? (since I assume most on campus apartments are full by now?)</p>

<p>See, at many colleges off campus would be fine, but i think i may need to rent from the school to survive if i get accepted to ucla, nyu, or some place with a high cost of living. </p>

<p>so the dilemma:
Mark off campus in hopes of more points towards acceptance (since the school won't have to find a place to stick me.) but risk a bad financial situation in expensive cities.
VS.
Mark on campus and be financially secure in where ever i move, but risk being passed over because they are too full.</p>

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<p>hmm, just checking <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.collegeboard.com&lt;/a> i think might make my decision for me. For example. NYU doesn't seem to give any financial aid for houseing if you commute. On the other hand, berkeley give 13k on campus and 9k off. Still 750 a month which on top of working is enough to split an apartment.</p>

<p>although will it hurt my nyu app if they don't have a place to stick me? Also i don't know if these numbers even MATTER for an indy student. (so far at my school we get a completely different COA package)</p>

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<p>i'm pretty sure for UCLA, fafsa had to have been submitted by March 2...</p>

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<p>I don't know of any schools where they have much financial aid left that isn't allocated already -- priority dates for submitting the FAFSA and other forms were anywhere from Early January to April 1 (the latest I have seen).</p>

<p>Have you contacted the schools regarding financial aid? I know that not much is given to transfer students compared to freshman, so that may be a huge issue for you. With a $0 EFC, you are guaranteed a PELL grant (~$4000)and the max. stafford loans ($10,500 if you are a junior or senior) but that won't get you far at NYU or a UC out of state). If you missed the priority date for financial aid, the perkins loans are most likely already allocated and same for most institutional aid.</p>