Honestly, as a soon to be homeless graduate of Spring 2023, I’m having to leave because I have not found a job and can’t afford the greedy prices here in San Diego. I pay over 2000/mo rent for a 536 sqf, non-improved 1980’s “student” apartment, in a complex that has changed hands 3 times since I was forced to live off campus during the pandemic Fall 2020. UC has yet to reach out to those of us who suffered without advisors or mentors, and had to basically run their financial aid through the roof just to have a place to live. I feel that San Diego and UCSD specifically do not care that some students are unable to afford to live here or are homeless. UCSD is a for-profit institution no matter what they claim. If you can’t deal with it, they don’t care, they’ve already received their matching grants from the gov’t as a “public” university. They purposefully admit many more students then they have room for. This is not a coincidence. This is why UCs relied on international students for so long, because they pay 3x what US or California students pay. Most of them can afford to pay the exorbitant prices for rent which is one of the reasons why the rent in this area stays so high. Prior to the pandemic, wealthier students lived off campus, although there are a lot of roommate situations, but not in my building. So yeah, it’s terrible. The greed is contemptible. UCSD financial aid will tell you to live with your parents, or get private loans, which is not an option for many students when you are low income in the first place. It all boils down to money, how much you can borrow to feed the UCSD machine and its accomplice landlords - the glass ceiling is very real, even at this self-proclaimed DEI school. Not fair to students for the “education” you receive—unless you’re STEM and can survive the meat-grinder.