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BelknapPoint
Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:23:07 +0000

So that isn’t necessarily a result of them imputing income to a non-working parent, but perhaps a reflection of the additional ancillary costs of having 2 parents both working - additional commuting costs, etc.

Perhaps, but I think the only way to get clarification on why the NPCs work the way they do is to consult with a school financial aid person. To validate previous experiences I had from several years ago, I used the same two scenarios on three different NESCAC college NPCs. Scenario A had both parents earning $40,000. Scenario B had one parent earning $80,000 and the other parent earning $0. Otherwise, all the other factors were identical (AGI, income tax paid, assets, living situation, tax filing status, siblings, etc.). For all three schools, the scenario A student was awarded anywhere from $1,000 to $2,000 more in institutional grant money than the scenario B student.