<p>The numbers don’t exactly add up. USC’s COA is 51,968*. The gap after 39,000 in FA then was 12,968. Or 6,500 per semester. Assuming the student could work in the summer and earn, say, $2,500, that’s an out of pocket expense of 10,500 to send kid to USC for a year. </p>
<p>Agreed that is more than FAFSA EFC, but no one said it would be the same, and it was known that Profile and home equity might play a factor.</p>
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