<p>My EFC is about $51,000. Would it be impossible for me to get any grants from Harvard? I know that the school is very generous with aid, so does that affect your aid package? If I do get in (which is highly unlikely), I would hate to have to turn Harvard down because of expenses.</p>
<p>To any current or already accepted students, how did ur package compare to your EFC?</p>
<p>My EFC was HUGE, but if you look on the Harvard finaid website and under the yearly income data, people with large incomes get really good aid.</p>
<p>Since Harvard only gives need based aid, they follow the CSS Profile EFC pretty closely. Unless you have extreme circumstances, I wouldn't count on FA. People with large incomes (relatively) getting some aid is because the EFC indicates that they should. At $51K, you are well above the COA at Harvard. You will still be eligible for campus jobs which can pay well, and you can still get grants in your upper years for thesis research overseas and such. There are also some summer grants for doing humanitarian (unpaid) work in the summers.</p>
<p>My EFC is 23,000 would i get aid? (it is that low because both my twin brother and me will be going to college at the same time.</p>
<p>Pyar....It is highly likely..</p>
<p>As a rule of thumb, if your EFC is above the cost of attendance, you don't get financial aid. (But you could reapply for financial aid if your circumstances change.) If your EFC is below the cost of attendance, you should surely get enough aid to cover that difference between what your family is deemed able to afford and full list price. All reports I have seen on this forum suggest that Harvard is as generous as any college on the planet in offering need-based financial aid, so don't lose hope until you have seen all the offers and compared them from all the colleges that admit you.</p>
<p>My EFC is $59,000, and the gap until my little brother is 11 years... but we're paying all kinds of medical bills for my grandmother (who is very ill) and we help support many relatives in China. FAFSA takes none of this into account... but I think at least some of it fell into the realm of CSS. Will that also have an effect on my aid, and if so how much (ie will the whole cost of treatment + support be subtracted or only part of it)?</p>