<p>When your younger sibling(s) attends college, does your EFC go up because the government expect all extra funds to be put towards college, or down because two students need the same contribution?</p>
<p>If two siblings are going to be in college the same year, the FAFSA EFC gets cut in half (a good thing).</p>
<p>The EFC stays the same. The family is expected to pay the same amount.. but it will be split among two college students... which means that each student should be eligible for more aid... but it is still the same amount of money out of mom and dad's pocket.. in fact, since most schools don't meet 100% need and even when they do they commonly fill need with loans, it will probably cost more anyway.</p>
<p>Well-- when your younger sibling attends college, your EFC gets divided in half.</p>
<p>Your sibling's EFC could be more, or less, than yours depending on the sibling's assets and income. If the younger sibling has 15K in a savings account, that's going to bump his/her EFC by 5K.</p>
<p>If you and your sibling have exactly the same liquid assets, and both neither of you worked much, then yes, the family EFC would stay the same when the sibling enters college.</p>