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been reading the postings here, and some people say their parents' EFC is 11,000 and some say it's 20,000. How is it possible that mine says 232229 - is this possibly a mistake?
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You do understand that different families have different income and assets, right?
If you look at enough posts, you’ll see some with EFCs that are much, much higher than yours as well.
Run the NPC on each of your schools’ websites. Have your parents look at the results because some may include huge loans that your parents won’t do.