<p>Thanks for the advice menloparkmom - have an appt with USC financial aid office next week - FYI - Vandy’s offer was $32,000 need based grant aid per year - a peer school with very similar COA (Vandy includes $2,000 of travel expenses and has a $62,000 COA)- trying to figure out why such a huge difference in EFC ($30,000 vs $65,000)based on identical family financials & similar COAs. </p>