<p>Thanks, northeastmom. This is our first time with all of this and so your perspective is helpful. At this point we feel like deer in the headlights as we look at all of these costs coming at us. We are OOS as well, from the northeast, so our efc is of course high. Did you personally experience changes from your preliminary award to your final award through the years (assuming your fafsa was final at the time of the preliminary notice)?</p>