Does number of children not get factored into FAFSA

<p>I do not see any questions on the fafsa that asks me how many children I have- it just asks if have children and nothing else.</p>

<p>How can my EFC be the same if i have 1 child or 10? </p>

<p>The only question that is related to that is the Excemption question, but if you are having a child during that school year, that exemption is 1 less than the actual number of kids</p>

<p>Nevermind, i finally found it. </p>

<p>Another question. If my husband claimed a education credit of 131- he put that on HIS fafsa, do i put that in my fafsa too? it says YOUR EDUCATION CREDITS (not your and your spouses?)</p>

<p>It wants the total claimed on the tax return “Education credits (Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits) from IRS Form 1040—line 50 or 1040A—line 31.”. You would not separate your and your husband’s credit, even if you did not file a joint return. So yes, it would go on BOTH FAFSA’s</p>

<p>I *think *any tax credit claimed on the tax return used on FAFSA would be reportable on FAFSA. So I would say yes you put it on your FAFSA.</p>

<p>The formula takes into account the number of children by increasing your income protection allowance.</p>

<p>My EFC went down by 1k… seriously i was expecting a bit more, i didnt realize 1k was the whole allowance for an infant.</p>

<p>But … with an EFC of about 3600- i qualify for PELL correct?</p>

<p>You would qualify for some Pell but not a lot.</p>

<p>i know,but qualifying for pell qualifies me for SMART grant and u niversity aid. No pell means 0 aid</p>

<p>For 3600 EFC you should qualify for @ $1800 Pell. (assuming you are full time and an undergraduate student). If it is over 3600 the Pell will be a little less.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P0901PaymentSchedules1D.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/P0901PaymentSchedules1D.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>here is the chart.</p>