<p>HI, could somebody experienced tell me why if your 2006 dividend income is less than the investments reported on FAFSA ( and profile ), the principal amount ( investments ) is considered discrepant by federal regulations???</p>
<p>Could you explain me the meaning of this statement because my dream college is having LOADS of trouble deciphering my financial aid status ( i’m a us citizen living abroad ), and emailed me with the abovee statement.</p>
<p>Maybe they mean that the dividends look too large in relation to the investments – it would be very unusual to have dividend income that was more than 10% of the total value of investments, so there is probably some percentage that triggers the question. In other words, if you have $2000 in dividends and then tell FAFSA that you have only $3000 of investments, that would be very suspicious. (Of course, there could be a logical explanation – for example, you could have sold most of your investments at the beginning of the year before completing the FAFSA).</p>
<p>could it be possible that the investments include not only those in shares, but also saving schemes?</p>