06-09-2017, 10:10 AM
The UC system (not just talking about C.al), has its Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan for California residents. In a nutshell, if your total family income is < $80k you don't pay tuition and fees. And there are other grant sources to further reduce the cost--books, housing, transportation, etc.--of attending a UC campus for students who have a lot of financial need.
I'm not sure how well this is advertised amongst Cali high schoolers and their parents, but I know folks who have taken advantage of the B&G Plan to send their kid to a UC that they would not have otherwise been able to afford.
I'm not sure how well this is advertised amongst Cali high schoolers and their parents, but I know folks who have taken advantage of the B&G Plan to send their kid to a UC that they would not have otherwise been able to afford.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)