<p>Does the admission committee see your EFC? If yes, will it hurt/help your chances?</p>
<p>Which schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>Some are need-blind and some are need-aware.</p>
<p>JHU, WSHUSTL, DUKE, VANDERBILT, CHICAGO</p>
<p>I’m so scared… i had a EFEC of 00030…</p>
<p>How do you have an EFC of 30?!</p>
<p>Did you mess up the form somewhere?</p>
<p>And, it will probably help your chances if you have a lower EFC. </p>
<p>And I’m pretty sure they see your EFC if you submitted them your FAFSA.</p>
<p>Isn’t the Finanical Aid Committee separate from the Admissions committee?</p>
<p>I don’t know. My parents arent overly rich. they make 60k between the two of them, and i have 3 siblings, and we are still paying off a house.</p>
<p>to mom: jhu, wshustl, duke, vanderbilt, uchicago</p>
<p>I know for a fact JHU is needblind and so is UChicago. </p>
<p>Duke and Vanderbilt are too according to their website.</p>
<p>Yes to the above…</p>
<p>I don’t think WashU is need blind…</p>
<p>Vandy is need blind and meets 100% of need without loans! So, good luck with that one!!! </p>
<p>Check your numbers…your EFC sounds low. I just ran an EFC calculator with your info and it came out with an EFC of about 3,000. So, it looks like you may have input a number wrong.</p>
<p>Are any of your siblings in college?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter that you have a mortgage for EFC.</p>
<p>hmm thats weird</p>
<p>what some things that i could have filled in wrong that might affect the efc?</p>
<p>no, im the first born. first one going to college</p>
<p>you may have left off some zeroes.</p>
<p>ill re-check my numbers tomorrow</p>
<p>When it comes to waitlisted students, ability to pay can become more of a factor and fin aid packages can be smaller than for regularly admitted students.</p>
<p>If you have a very low EFC you will need help from the college to attend. Whether or not they “know” you need aid, whether they are need aware or not when you apply when you have a low EFC is marginally irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. If you are accepted but cannot afford to attend then it is an acceptance you can’t accept. You will need to wait until you have your acceptances and finaid packages in hand. This is why parents always counsel having schools that you can afford to attend as part of your application list. Vandy is a good one to have on your list and best wishes for the other acceptances and packages.</p>
<p>Can you tell me where you found the EFC calculator that you mentioned? We received ours after completing the FAFSA and it seems higher than anticipated (and higher than others on CC with lower $$ than ours) so I’d like to run the numbers again. Thanks.</p>
<p>Here are some EFC calculators…</p>
<p>[FinAid</a> | Calculators | Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and Financial Aid](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml]FinAid”>http://www.finaid.org/calculators/finaidestimate.phtml)</p>
<p><a href=“https://fafsa4caster.ed.gov/F4CApp/spring/login?locale=[/url]”>https://fafsa4caster.ed.gov/F4CApp/spring/login?locale=</a></p>
<p>^^^^Unfortunately the Finaid EFC calculator is not as accurate as it used to be. It used to be spot on, but whoever runs the site stopped updating the information a couple of years back so the EFC calculator is based on 2008-2009 rules. Will still give a ball park ish figure but has not been updated to reflect current income/asset protection tables, new income cut offs for Auto 0 EFC (used to be <$20k income but is now <$30k) and several other changes since 2008-2009 school year. The EFCs will likely err on the side of being a little high as most of the allowances have increased.</p>
<p>I do agree that a 30 EFC for a $60k income does not sound right. Our income was much lower than that the first year we filed and our EFC was up in the 3000 ish range (before we had an adjustment for my husband’s large medical bills and loss of income).</p>
<p>don’t use the finaid.org calculator, it hasn’t been updated in 2 years and won’t give you the correct number. stick with fafsa4caster.ed.gov</p>