<p>Wow. Kick someone when they’re down, why don’t you?</p>
<p>As I stated before, this was an unusually bad year. I have had many years (not recently, but when I was salaried) where I paid a lot of money in income tax. But in your mind, if I have a bad year and low income, and didn’t pay as much income tax, that I don’t deserve Federal Aid? Wow. Just wow.</p>
<p>Thanks dodgersmom and other people who were helpful in answering my original question. I came to this forum for advice and I found it. I did not know before posting how the EFC was adjusted and now I know. </p>
<p>I’m going to call Emory tomorrow and ask some questions. They will probably not make any adjustments to the aid offer, but at least I can determine how they adjusted the EFC and if their adjustments are valid.</p>