<p>???</p>
<p>When my D did ED 2 years ago, you could request an early estimate of FA from the school. They asked a few basic questions about expected income for the year. It was a FAFSA only school. The only thing they miscalculated was her NY State grant money. That ended up being a few hundred less. I would imagine that each school has a different policy on whether they do these estimates or not.</p>
<p>Generally you get a tentative FA award at the same time you receive your acceptance. A final one is worked out later in the spring, but if you submitted accurate figures and have no significant unexpected changes in the meantime, the tentative figures should be pretty close to the final ones.</p>
<p>Ours parental contribution piece actually went down by a couple hundred bucks between the tentative and the final, although I’m not sure why.</p>