Estimate Your Costs Worksheet

Step one: Add up your USC charges. Student charges reflected on the Cashiers 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 students 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 months rentrent 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