This may have been asked before but my EFC is $40 even when family income is 49k.
Will this hurt my admission chances?
What do you mean it’s too low? The FAFSA EFC just tells you if you’re eligible for a Pell Grant. It really doesn’t have much bearing on what colleges will expect you to pay. If colleges are need aware, a $49k/year income might affect your admission chances. But if you can’t pay, it doesn’t matter if you get accepted.
In July you said your EFC is $11k. How did it change so much in 3 months?
I think your main problem is that your parents earn $49k/year and you live in India. That makes you OOS for all public schools in the US. In April 2017 your SAT was 1180. I think that’s too low to get into the private colleges that offer good need based aid. Do you have an updated score? You need a financial safety on your list. Are you applying to any colleges in India?
How would you have an EFC per FAFSA of $40 with an income of $49,000. Sorry, but that doesn’t sound right to me…unless you have multiple siblings in college at the same time.
Is it $40, or $400, or $4000?
What universities are you applying to?