...should I infer from your post above that you feel private universities provide a "better" education than schools like UCLA or Berkeley?
Hey, isn't Berkeley where all the Marxist professors congregate? (sorry, I'm full of zingers tonight...)
I'm a UC Berkeley grad and got a couple Federal grants that helped me through, but I mostly depended on work-study and loans cover the majority of my expenses.
Oh, BTW, for out of state individuals, Berkeley and UCLA are about as expensive a s private school.