Difference between Financial Aid Offer and Aid Calculator

I understand the calculator only gives a estimate, but the difference between my offer and the estimate is 20k. I used the exact same numbers from my CSS. Is it possible something wrong may have happened?

Call the school’s FA office to ask for an explanation.

@daimyowk I have the same issue. Did you call the financial aid office?

@Mking1502 Not yet. I sent them a email. I’m going to wait a week. If they don’t respond I’ll call them.

@daimyowk were you able to get an explanation? I have a call into them now.

One possibility is that they are using your 2014 data if your 2015 FAFSA has not yet been verified. Did you use the IRS Data Retrieval tool?