<p>I’m currently filling out the international financial aid application, and I’m at the section “Estimated Resources for 2008-09”. This section asks for my parents’ assets but not my own assets. But I’ve heard that when colleges calculate your expected family contribution EFC, they are more willing to touch your own assets than your parents’. Since i’m international, cornell is need-aware, so I wanna increase the EFC for cornell as much as possible. </p>
<p>My question is: why doesn’t cornell ask for my assets in “Estimated Resources”? Does it mean then that my own assets don’t play a large factor in the EFC as it does for other schools? I have alot of assets under savings which I’m more than willing to use for college and for increasing the EFC. If I state those assets, will cornell treat it the same as FAFSA does (i.e. take a large chunk from the assets in calculating EFC.) If not, how do I get cornell to use more of my own assets?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>