CSS Profile Help?

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<p>So I submitted the CSS last night to Yale for the QuestBridge College Match and the Non-Custodial Parent's portion is being finished up as I type. However, since Yale has a policy of only accepting students whose EFC = 0 (usually, income under $60k per year) for the College Match, I have a concern.</p>

<p>My mother's income is well under the $60k mark; I have no concerns about her. However, my father's and his wife's income/assets concern me. I do not know what they are, but they are undoubtedly higher than my mothers. I would estimate my father's income to be between $50k and $90k. My father's wife's income is unknown - they both work for the same self-run business, so I don't even know if she has a separate income. They also have a pretty expensive house and can afford to travel frequently (although largely for business).</p>

<p>However, my father does not contribute much at all to my mother, my sister, or I. We get only a few hundred a month in child support. He does not pay for my sister's college at all, and we do not expect him to contribute much (if anything) to mine either.</p>

<p>My concern is that the CSS profile won't accurately portray our situation. I don't want my application to not be considered for Yale College Match because of my dad's side of the finances when they won't affect me anyway. So my questions are:</p>

<p>How much does the Non-Custodial Profile weigh into a college's decision about EFC?</p>

<p>Also, does the Non-Custodial Profile cover the finances of the parent's spouse if they remarried?</p>

<p>Yale uses the non-custodial parent information when computing family contribution. What I don’t know is whether Questbridge uses the schools institutional family contribution OR whether they use the FAFSA EFC for that $0 EFC number. That is what is important.</p>

<p>And the Profile is reflecting your situation VERY accurately. It tells what your mom, dad and step mom have in income and assets. That is what Yale wants to have to determine financial aid awards. Their calculations are predicated on what your parents (both mom and dad…regardless of marital status) CAN contribute, not on what they are willing to contribute. Just because your dad isn’t “willing” to contribute doesn’t make this information provided any less accurate. It is what it is.</p>

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<p>Yes it does.</p>

<p>*and the Non-Custodial Parent’s portion is being finished up as I type. *</p>

<p>Are you saying that your dad and his wife are filling this part out?</p>

<p>Will they do these forms every year?</p>

<p>Assuming that Questbridge only considers the custodial parent income, and assume that Yale accepts you, how are you going to cover your dad’s portion?</p>

<p>Do you have financial safety schools? what are they?</p>

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Questbridge does not make the determination, each partner school requires the CSS and the FAFSA sent to them for EFC amount.</p>

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Ditto on this one.</p>