my life is over

sblake7
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:29:27 +0000

Run your FAFSA numbers through the FinAid calculator-- it should give you the same number you got from FAFSA. But it will also tell you exactly how that number was arrived at-- how much from student income, student assets, parent’s income, and parent’s assets. It will also show the protection allowances for each of these categories.

Student assets are severely assessed-- at 20%. So a drop in reported student assets of $311 should result in a decrease in EFC of $62. I’d look there first, and correct any input error.