How much need-based aid can I expect from UC Davis, Hastings Forum

[tommytahoe]

So,

I know everyone's FAFSA is different, and I daresay confidential. Still, does anyone have any idea how much need-based $ is distributed, empirically? (Davis and Hastings and UCLA 1Ls, 2Ls, 3Ls, feel free to chime in here )

I received around 15 grand in schollies and grants here at UC Davis undergrad, and earned around 8,000. [EDIT: Nobody claims me as a dependent; I am a 37 y.o. non-trad]

I hear that Davis and Hastings are good with need-based aid, but does anyone know what I might expect from these schools in need-based aid?

Even info. on averages would be helpful, at a minimum.

tx

[bluejayk]

You're talking about need based grants, right? My impression is that schools in this range generally give very little, if any, need based grants, just loans.

[tommytahoe]

Yeah, sorry, grants.
My question stems from two things: (1) The fact that these schools have used need-based aid more than they do merit-aid (which isn't hard since apparently the latter is next to nothing!); and (2) a 2-year-old school profile here on TLS citing $11,500 as the average need-based grants for students.

So, I guess I'm fishing for a good answer since I was po'boy last year (undergrad scholarships notwithstanding),and I want more reasons to stay here in CA for LS.