<p>hello-</p>
<p>i am a finance major at lmu. for the 2010-11 school year i was eligible for a cal grant and a pell grant, however i was unable get another pell grant for this year (2011-12). i contacted the financial aid office at my school and was notified that i did not recieve the pell grant because my efc was too high. This apparently was caused by an error made on the 2010-11 fasfa forms. The error has been fixed.</p>
<p>my questions are:</p>
<p>what is an average efc level to recieve a pell grant? </p>
<p>and how likely is it to get an "institutional grant" from my school after the fact?</p>
<p>i know my initial post is vague, but i would be happy to clarify anything that would lead to my questions being answered.</p>
<p>*what is an average efc level to recieve a pell grant?
*</p>
<p>that is not the right question. The question is…how low does my EFC have to be to get a Pell grant.</p>
<p>Your EFC has to be below…5274.</p>
<p>What was your EFC?</p>
<p>As to your second question…it can sometimes be hard to get institutional aid at this point. It depends on the school. You’ll have to contact LMU and ask about institutional grants AND your cal grant.</p>
<p>Pell grants are available fore students with EFCs between 0 and 5273. A full time student with an EFC of 0 will receive the full pell grant ($5550 currently). As the EFC goes up the Pell eligibility goes down inversely until at EFC of 5273 the Pell amount is $555, at EFC 5274 Pell is $0.</p>