College Corrected FAFSA, EFC Reduced, How Do I Understand What They Changed

Paying for College
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You did a side by side comparison of your original FAFSA and the current one?

  1. Your new school (and congratulations) uses the CSS Profile to determine awarding of institutional need based aid, not the FAFSA. So, your need based aid award from that school won’t even consider the FAFSA EFC unless it means that now your kid will get more Pell money.
  2. I thought only the school that amended could see the changes, and not anyone other college . @kelsmom?
  3. You say you have nothing “unusual” but really owning a business is not something most families have. But a small business wouldn’t appear on your FAFSA anyway. But it will appear on your Profile.

If it were me, I would be patient and just wait for the financial aid award from the waitlist college. When did they say you would be receiving this??