This document provides a 3-step worksheet to estimate university costs for a semester. Step one has students add up charges for tuition, fees, housing, meals, and other expenses. Step two has students calculate their total financial aid from scholarships, grants, loans, and other sources. Step three is to subtract total financial aid from charges to determine if a balance is due or if a refund is owed. The worksheet notes that additional monthly expenses like rent are not included in the estimate.
This document provides a 3-step worksheet to estimate university costs for a semester. Step one has students add up charges for tuition, fees, housing, meals, and other expenses. Step two has students calculate their total financial aid from scholarships, grants, loans, and other sources. Step three is to subtract total financial aid from charges to determine if a balance is due or if a refund is owed. The worksheet notes that additional monthly expenses like rent are not included in the estimate.
This document provides a 3-step worksheet to estimate university costs for a semester. Step one has students add up charges for tuition, fees, housing, meals, and other expenses. Step two has students calculate their total financial aid from scholarships, grants, loans, and other sources. Step three is to subtract total financial aid from charges to determine if a balance is due or if a refund is owed. The worksheet notes that additional monthly expenses like rent are not included in the estimate.
This document provides a 3-step worksheet to estimate university costs for a semester. Step one has students add up charges for tuition, fees, housing, meals, and other expenses. Step two has students calculate their total financial aid from scholarships, grants, loans, and other sources. Step three is to subtract total financial aid from charges to determine if a balance is due or if a refund is owed. The worksheet notes that additional monthly expenses like rent are not included in the estimate.
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Estimate Your Costs Worksheet
Step one: Add up your USC charges.
Student charges reflected on the Cashier’s Office billing statement may vary depending upon tuition and fees, lab fees, housing, meal plans, USCard charges, Student Health Center fees and parking permit charges. Complete the following section based on the student’s actual charges.
Tuition (refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________
Mandatory fees (Student Health Center, program fee, etc. Refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________ Course fees (lab and equipment fees required for some courses. Refer to your Registration Confirmation) $____________ Orientation fee (one time, entering students only) $____________ Housing: USC residence hall (semester payment: refer to your housing contract) $____________ or USC-owned apartment (first month’s rent––rent due monthly: refer to your housing contract) $____________ Meal Plan: Mandatory Meal Plan, if required for your housing choice, or Optional Meal Plan $____________ USCard: $5 fee + Discretionary Account for meals, books and supplies (optional) $____________ Parking permit (optional) $____________ Student Health insurance $____________ Tuition Refund insurance (optional) $____________ Unpaid prior balance (if any) $____________ Other: _____________________________________________________________________ $____________ Other: _____________________________________________________________________ $____________
Total USC charges for the semester: $
Step two: Add up your financial aid and other credits.
Review your Statement of Financial Aid Eligibility. Do not include Federal Work-Study. University Scholarship for semester $____________ University Grant for semester $____________ Cal Grant for semester $____________ Departmental and Outside Agency Scholarships for semester $____________ Federal Pell Grant for semester $____________ Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) for semester $____________ Federal Perkins Loan for semester $____________ USC Subsidized Loan for semester $____________ GATE Unsubsidized Loan for semester $____________ Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________ Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________ Federal PLUS Loan (semester amount borrowed, multiplied by .97 to allow for fees) $____________ Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________ Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________ Other: _________________________________________________________________________ $____________
Total financial aid and other credits for the semester: $
Step three: Subtract total credits (step two total) from USC charges (step one total) to determine balance due or refund owed to you. $ Keep in mind that this worksheet only estimates your balance. You may have additional expenses to pay during the semester, such as monthly rent charges.
USC Financial Aid Office • University Park Campus • Los Angeles, CA 90089-0914 • (213) 740-1111 • Fax (213) 740-0680 • www.usc.edu/finaid
