<p>Hey,
Just wondering if there was more than one "federal" efc. I know the EFC from what I believe is the FAFSA - let's say its "20" - but my school has a different "federal EFC" on record which is different. I remember filling out some forms from collegeboard that I had to send to schools, could they have gotten it from there? Either way, my family has submitted all of our tax returns from 2007 so I'm wondering how there are two different EFC's.</p>
<p>any one have any idea?</p>
<p>if your school uses the profile (that is the college board thing you filled out), they use different info, including home equity</p>
<p>FinAid</a> | Calculators | Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and Financial Aid</p>
<p>choose institutional methodology to see your number with home equity included</p>
<p>but I don't think I was given any sort of "EFC" from the profile, was I? and wouldn't home equity make the EFC higher?</p>
<p>Your school can make changes and corrections to the FAFSA, so you might want to log in to the FAFSA web site to see if there are any corrected SARs on file.</p>
<p>profile doesn't give you an efc, but it gives the info to the colleges and they use it as they want to. Yes, home equity would increase the amt a college using profile would expect a family could pay.<br>
if your school's efc for your family was lower than what you thought it would be, be happy!</p>
<p>i am quite happy, heh. but I just checked my SAR and the EFC is the same as it was before. any other ideas? I just don't want there to be some sort of error...</p>
<p>ask the school, only they know for sure!</p>