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No, outside scholarships will not reduce your EFC unless ALL of your need-based aid has been replaced, including USC grants, Pell, Cal Grant, etc. After your work/study and subsidized loans have been replaced, they would then reduce your USC grant with the remaining $1,100.</p>
<p>I suggest you ask for a Cost of Attendance increase to cover a one-time purchase of a computer to use for college. The Cost of Attendance adjustment will not change your aid (other than increasing your loan eligibility), but it will create a “gap” in your need-based aid. A “gap” can sometimes be covered by an outside scholarship.</p>
<p>A Cost of Attendance adjustment for computer purchase can only be done one time in your undergraduate years.</p>
<p>Write up a letter to USC financial aid listing your outside scholarships, work/study and subs loans and the remaining outside scholarships just as you have done here. Then ask if you can have a Cost of Attendance increase of $1,100 so you can use the remaining outside scholarship for a computer.</p>
<p>I do not know if they will honor your request, but it certainly can’t hurt to try. Even if they don’t you are in great shape with your aid package and having the w/s and subs loans replaced. Good luck, and congrats on the scholarships!</p>