My family's EFC is about 30 grand. We co-own additional property (with no structures on i! It's just a hunk of grass in Maine!) and I'm the first to go to school. Lucky me. Family income is six figure. Ithaca was horrible with its financial aid. But really all of my packages have been disappointing. I think that the evil people at Federal Aid or wherever they decide EFCs just look at the income and assets, and ignore the number of people in a household. I am a senior, my sister is a freshman in high school, my brother is in sixth grade and my other sister is in fourth grade. That is nonstop college tuition starting this fall and ending in 2020, not counting grad school. I guess I should count myself lucky that I'm the first to go.
