A few quick questions... (efc jumped over 5000 dollars!)

Paying for College
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<li><p>Is your given EFC per year or per month?</p></li>
<li><p>One of the questions on the FAFSA said something to the effect of “16a - 16b” to find the value. The A value was 0, but the B value was 12000. I put 12000, and now I see that with my updated EFC, the value changed from the 2000 range to the 7000 range! Was putting the 12000 value right?</p></li>
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<li>EFC is per every academic year/every 9 months.</li>
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<p>Not sure about #2</p>

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<p>In your case, 16a-16b is 0 - 12000 or -12000, in which case, wouldn’t you put in 0?</p>

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<p>well, i have no idea which would be right. this is a serious question, as it affects my efc by quite a bit.</p>

<p>but if someone could clarify that question, it would be VERY helpful.</p>

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<p>Call the financial aid department at one of the schools to which the FAFSA will be sent- they should be able to help with filling it out. Every school we visited told us to call any time with questions.</p>

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<p>The instructions say 16a minus 16b and to put 0 if the answer is negative. Go back and make your corrections. You should have put 0.</p>