<p>To clear the confusion on why cc for 2 years isn’t summing up to save costs -school accepted most transfer credits compared to all other schools that offered me admissions but this was only 30-something quarter units. To translate, this barely scrapes up more than 1/2 a year’s worth of coursework. They are doubtful that the cc level of education isn’t up to par to a university education like theirs and instructed that I am mus re-take courses, despite completion with As and Bs, thus the 3-4 years and $200k.</p>
<p>Browsing on the cc board, I understand there are a lot of families with a lot of hardship. I could suppose the special circumstances portion of the CSS Profile led me to have the hope and belief that many of us rely on, that a student like myself could try to explain how an increase in income for this year alone was a set back. I don’t see most others’ tax forms, so I couldn’t say how my situation could possibly compare to those of others. Thanks dodgersmom, for giving me a sliver of hope and the reality of my appeals case. </p>
<p>my main point was to point out that the bonus was offset to the point where my aid was cut and that the financial aid office interpreted that we had extra, when it -if my brother and cousins expenses are left out -still ultimately depletes my parents’ combined income while having to scrape last minute $ to pay for the increased EFC. My father did try to refuse the bonus and when that didn’t work out, he also tried to hold it off for next year, he tried. A refusal is complicated and is not always about the money -some of you may understand why.</p>
<p>Everyone’s situations are different, and it’s not possible to sum up anyone’s case on paper with a few numbers. If anyone is going to take away anything from this thread, I hope other parents who have a change in income will take my post into account. I’m going to go spend some time with a calculator now (:</p>