Is EFC per child or per family?

Sure some schools wiggle with their need based aid criteria, especially when they use their own institutional aid formula or when they review a request for professional judgment.

And many of us old-timers remember the poster who bragged about a 6 figure income, private/personal banker, expensive wines and all inclusive island vacations, camera equipment, cars, etc, yet claimed to be “dirt poor” and managed to get aid from Stanford for one of his kids (the other was full pay at Chicago). Most likely sent funds to relatives overseas or had deferred compensation to “look poor”.

But THIS OP in THIS thread has been upfront with non-retirement assets, a very high (though predicted changing in the future) income, a fully paid for house in NJ, Etc. So it would be VERY HARD (read extremely unlikely) that this OP, even with twins, is going to get any NEED BASED aid. Might they throw a small one-time grant at him if they really really want this twin, and he will be almost full pay and perhaps completely full pay in the future years. Sure, maybe. But, it will NOT be need based. Period. No matter how may angels one tries to count dancing on the head of a pin.