Full Ride to Wayne State?

mom2collegekids
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:53:20 +0000

Frankly, I don’t really understand what UMich is doing. It promises to meet need for instate.

Yes, it’s a CSS school which means that FAFSA EFC is not relevant, but when a family’s financial situation doesn’t include the issues that will bump a CSS family contribution, then the family contribution should be the same or very close to the FAFSA EFC.

Did you ever ask for a review and have them explain why their CSS family contribution was so much higher than FAFSA EFC when you don’t have big savings, lots of equity, or any of the other things that will bump what’s expected?

Do you have a lot in a 401K or retirement? If so, maybe UMich considers that??? It doesn’t make sense. UMich should really only be using CSS to capture things like lots of equity, private businesses, and other things that FAFSA doesn’t include…and if the family doesn’t have those issues, then the expected amount should be the same as EFC.