Is a school supposed to offer the financial aid to cover a gap between COA and EFC?

@compiler

The %age of colleges that guarantee to meet full need for all is relatively small when given the several thousand colleges there are.

Colleges are not obligated to meet your full need and the vast majority do leave a gap.

The net price calculators should be viewed as an estimate only.

@compiler your kid has already been accepted…what colleges are you talking about.