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MIT, my parents are middle class and my expected STUDENT contribution is well over 10k, almost as much as my parents'. It's ridiculous.
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As Director of Financial Aid at MIT, let me say that the only two reasons a student may have a Student Contribution higher than our standard (which for Freshmen this year is $1900). Since I don't know who the individual is who posted, I cannot comment on which of these caused her/his Student Contribution to exceed our $1900 standard:
1) The student has earnings which are extremely high on his/her own. While typical student earnings (in the range of up to $5000 or so) will not cause an EFC, if a student earns greater than $9000 or $10,000 in the year prior to their arrival, we may expect a higher contribution. To get to the $10,000 level, the earnings from the past year would have to be at least $25,000 (which seems unlikely).
2) The student has (in his or her own name) a trust fund. In most cases, we treat student assets as family assets and include them in our EFC at a rate of somewhere usually between 3 and 5%. If the student has a trust fund, however, we do treat these assets as specifically student assets and assess a much higher annual rate on these assets.
So you are aware, we do hear appeals on this issue, so red remote, please be in touch with us.