Well…there you go. You have TWO kids in college…so your FAFSA EFC was $35,000…and so was your sibling’s…or close to it.
If only YOU had been in college…your EFC for just one of you would have been $70,000 and you would not have gotten a nickel of need based aid from these two colleges.
That other sibling in college at the same time is a VERY important detail when it comes to the family contribution at schools that meet full need for all.
I have to say…your OP in this thread mentioned nothing about additional siblings in college…and really was a bit misleading because of that large omission.