They won, I am giving up.
Either they have a good reason for changing the EFC, in which case they are doing it. And somehow they will update the FAFSA with a correction.
If they do not update FAFSA with a correction, I will be able to check on this website the actual Pell Granted:
https://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds/nslds_SA/
In a few weeks whatever Pell Grant gets Granted will come into my account.
I will only complain further if the Pell Grant issued on nslds.ed.gov is different than the one credited to my account in a few weeks. Will come back and update you guys then.
Good thinking. You can get whatever Pell you are entitled to any time during the academic year.
Employer contributions (for instance, a certain percentage match) are not counted as employee income on the FAFSA. Some retirement plans are set up for automatic salary deductions however, which I think is what is being referenced in post #38 (the employee has to opt out to not have the salary deduction take place).
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The actuall Pell Grant that got credited to my account was much closer to what I was expecting.
So somehow even though the college was informing me that I would get a lower Pell Grant, I actually got close to what I was expecting. I knew they were making a mistake, but I am not going to call them and rub it in that they were wrong. 
Although I am still dumbfounded that it is not exactly what I expected, since I am pretty good at these calculations (calculations were right on the money the previous 2 years). Not dumbfounded enough to call them to straighten it out,though.
Very small changes (such as retirement contributions) can impact Pell. That is probably what happened. I’m glad it’s straightened out in a way that is (mostly) favorable!