WHEN CYN MACIAS-GOMEZ was preparing for his freshman year at UC Berkeley in 2021, he was stunned to learn that on-campus housing would cost $18,000 — excluding a meal plan.
“I just have this vivid memory (of) when I went to tell my parents … how much (housing) was going to cost, and they kind of turned the question back to me, ‘Where are we going to get this money from?’” said Macias-Gomez, a recent graduate.
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