<p>1- What exactly counts as "excessive?"
2- If one does have excessive medical expenses and the financial aid office takes this into consideration, how much extra money could they get?</p>
<p>The Income Protection Allowance is part of the EFC formula. Within that IPA, there is a %'age allocated to unreimbursed medical expenses. Anything over this amount <em>can</em> be considered for a special circumstances adjustment. That doesn’t mean it will, but it can. You would have to ask the school how they want you to request the review … each school is different. All will want very detailed receipts/explanation.</p>
<p>You may not actually get any more money even if you are given consideration for the expenses. It depends on your family’s financial situation. The one thing I know for certain is this … if you have a 0 EFC, it won’t make any difference (you can’t get a lower EFC than 0). I suspect that if you have an EFC that is a LOT higher than Cost of Attendance, it may well make no difference at all. In between, there are shades of gray.</p>
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<p>Isn’t your EFC already 0? If so, having medical expenses won’t help.</p>