<p>The aid officer cannot change the EFC itself. She can change the elements of the EFC, which in turn will usually lower the EFC. Sometimes that impacts the EFC such that the student is Pell-eligible, other times it allows more institutional aid, other times it results in sub loan eligibility … and sometimes it doesn’t make a bit of difference in terms of aid. The change affects the EFC itself, and that means that it would change it for federal aid eligibility. There are times a student can become Pell eligible due to PJ. And yes, the eligibility would be for that school, only.</p>