Financial Aid Even when EFC is almost full?

brantly
Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:31:37 +0000

So, you said your ran NPCs for a bunch of colleges. The resulting figure is your net price. EFC is a Fafsa term and does not tell you how much aid you might get at any particular college. Fafsa (your EFC) only tells you if you’d be eligible for federal aid.

If you ran NPCs and you entered accurate numbers, you should take the resulting net price seriously. Don’t engage in magical thinking.

Don’t some schools want to entice you with good FA if they really want you so that there’s a better chance you’ll matriculate there? I’m thinking of private universities like mid tier LACs

This is called merit aid. It’s not related to your financial need. You need to research the merit aid policy of each college.

I’ve been hesitating to submit my FAFSA because as I mentioned in the title, EFC is estimated to be a large percentage

There’s no downside to submitting it. Why would you hesitate?

And as someone else said above, you need to check to see if any of these colleges also require a form called CSS Profile. Schools that require it are the most generous with financial aid.