<p>Coolweather, I’ll definitely do that too. My fingers are crossed that my colleges will understand the first time around.</p>
<p>2collegewego, the percent will vary by institution, but I played with one college’s net price calculator and it only added 5% of my assets to its EFC.</p>
<p>Edit: Still researching, but I found that the 20% is for colleges using the FAFSA methodology. Fortunately, all of my colleges use CSS Profile. Each school sets its own rules, but 5% per year is common among selective universities.</p>
<p>My mom and dad separated when I was two, and now he lives with his stay-at-home wife and two young children (ages 2 & 5) on a salary of $35K. I stopped visitation a year ago because of some ongoing issues within the household, and he hasn’t tried to keep in touch since.</p>