Pell Grant same no matter what school?

swimcatsmom
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:50:48 +0000

If they actually go in adjust the FAFSA then the change would show up as a new transaction on the student’s FAFSA. But I seem to recall one of the FA officers saying that schools can change the FAFSA data at their own end without changing it in the main FAFSA database. If that is the case, and I didn’t dream it, then I don’t know how you would find out about it.

I can understand the school saying they don’t share their calculated CSS “EFC”. If they have changed the FAFSA data then I don’t see why they would not explain this. Perhaps the OP needs to go a bit higher up the food chain t find out why they are being awarded a Pell when they though their EFC was too high for Pell.