<p>^That’s what I thought too, upon reading the details of how her D became Pell eligible! IIRC, the D attended Barnard and, strangely enough, they apparently do scour every aid application and make changes they feel are appropriate. This is what is on their FA site:</p>
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<p>Which is perfectly fine, unless they are incorrectly making FAFSA adjustments which result in awards of federal student aid…that’s a whole 'nother kettle of fish and reminiscent of some NYC Jewish schools that ran afoul of the rules around 15 or 20 years ago when they were caught awarding Pell grants illegally. Idk what happened to them but I’m sure it wasn’t good. Anyway, that’s not something one would expect to see at a school like Barnard so hopefully calmom’s memory is not as good as she thinks it is!</p>
<p>Susgeek, the co-op income was probably treated as work-study income is, that is excluded from the EFC calculation.</p>