<p>My son received a pell grant of 5300 (or close). My daiighter received only 3400.</p>
<p>Any reason it would be different? Daughter applied later - does that matter?</p>
<p>Timing is not the issue. There are several possibilities. Did your daughter earn more than your son in 2009? Student earnings are part of the EFC, and Pell is directly based on the EFC. Did one or both students go through verification? Schools make changes during verification that can affect the award (sometimes negatively, sometimes positively).</p>
<p>Is your daughter only a part-time or 3/4 time student? Does she have more savings or income?</p>
<p>Well, timing could make a difference since FAFSA wants to know what assets are physically sitting in the accounts as of the day of filing. If you have a big fat check you cashed the week of that you D filed FAFSA and it is included as sitting in your account, about 5% of it is going to go towards your EFC. If your daughter has money sitting in her account, a lot more of it is going to be put towards the EFC. Also her earnings are probably not the same as her brothers. Get the report, and go through it line by line in case there is an error, though. Mistakes are made.</p>