Your UC FinAid package

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<p>Is anyone getting a full ride at UCLA or UCSD?</p>

<p>or,</p>

<p>if you don't mind revealing this information, please, post how much you're gonna be getting to attend a UC.</p>

<p>I'm not sure if I'm getting the right amount of gift aid, which is $16,000 out of $30,000.
My family household income is under $40,000 (that's me and my husband, who's on active duty military service). I thought if you fall below $80,000, the cost will be covered...</p>

<p>Anyway, share your experience.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>What people do not realize is that loans and all that stuff they put in your awards is technically “financial aid” because they get them for you at a good rate and such.</p>

<p>I am currently getting a full ride at UCLA, my EFC is 0 and I have a household income much below $40,000. I did not have to take out any loans because of my Regents Scholarships and all the other gift aid I received. </p>

<p>The B&G (if that was what you were referring to) only covers your fees (AKA tuition), I know it sounds great, but that’s all it covers. :/</p>

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<p>@Rhee, what other gift aid are you getting? My EFC is 0, as well. I received Cal Grant, Pell Grant, some other one but it only ended up covering 18K and telling me to take out 7K in subsidized loans.</p>

<p>Would you mind PM me the info? Or posting it- whatever you’re comfortable with!</p>

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<p>My awards range 17-20K coming from pell grants, work study, and loan offers. I qualify for blue + gold so the bulk of my awards are the system fees covered by cal grants.</p>

<p>my EFC is about 1500, btw.</p>

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<p>I got 21k in gift aid for and then 9k in work study and loans.</p>

<p>And my EFC is 0</p>

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<p>Basically, and I won’t post up the award amounts because I don’t remember, and my new award letter hasn’t come out yet…</p>

<p>B&G (covers university “fees” AKA tuition. Name change coming ASAP.)
Regents
Work-Study
Pell Grant
School Scholarship (forgot what it was called, but it’s about $10,000 and it replaces the Cal Grant I should have got but didn’t because of budget problems. :/)
Other scholarships for being a science major (Psychobiology).</p>

<p>Ususally you get money back, regardless if you take out loans or not, and are expected to pay your housing, if you’re in the dorms/university apartments…and that’s a different, somewhat long story.</p>

<p>If someone wants to know, just ask.</p>

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<p>My EFC is about 4800. I’m getting $11,120 cal grant and around $4,500 in academic achievement scholarships. UCSD is offering me $19,000. Why such a difference between the two schools? I thought all UCs give about the same amount…</p>

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<p>It’s strange, on the CalGrant website, my status is “Awaiting Processing”.</p>

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<p>can you access your cal grant? the whole website is down on my mac.</p>

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<p>UCSD says I’ll have $18k in gift aid, and then I’ll need another $9k in loans or whatnot.</p>

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<p>Cal Grants will be up by June 2nd; at least for Cal Grant Renewals it’s June 2nd. I believe it said 4-6 weeks for new apps.</p>

<p>If you’re having trouble email them, they’re incredible efficient 2 years ago I didn’t qualify and I was shocked, they literally emailed me the point breakdown and how many points I was awarded for what and where.</p>

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<p>yea, Cal Grant does show on my fin aid package. it’s a little over 11k.
Total gift aid is 16k. That’s for UCLA.</p>

<p>I can’t get 14k out of pocket money :(</p>

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<p>UCLA is giving me 21k scholarship, 7000 subsidized loan, 2000 work study. ME LIKE THIS!!!</p>

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<p>UCLA is giving me $27640. $1800 is grant, $2000 is work study, the rest is loans. I can’t complain.</p>

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<p>Wait… financial aid doesn’t cover housing in dorms??
I’m being offered 17k and 5k in loans (this is for Davis by the way, EFC0)</p>