Is this EFC drop legitimate?

Paying for College
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<p>Hello, I just checked my FAFSA which my college recently updated. I was surprised to find out that my EFC dropped from about 22200 to 10500. It seems the college changed in my FAFSA the value of my parent’s worth of current investments from $400000 to $0. Yes, I did undergo a verification process which involved sending a copy of my parent’s tax return and some forms to the college. </p>

<p>Should I be worried about this and contact the college’s financial aid office? I absolutely certain everything I filled in and provided is true. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Perhaps your parents included the value of their primary residence, or the value of retirement savings on the FAFSA you filed? Or entered in amounts with cents where fields expected just a dollar amount, and thus made the numbers too high? I don’t think you need to worry about it.</p>