<p>I don't want to go into specifics, but is my "estimated family contribution" the amount my family can pay per year of for the entire four years?</p>
<p>It says my need for aid is $0 b/c my family's resources are sufficient to pay a year's expenses. Does this mean that I may receive aid later or I never will receive aid?</p>
<p>Per year. Bit of a shocker?</p>
<p>yup. 10char....</p>
<p>stambliark - do you have a sibling that will be in college at any time you are also in college? That is a huge factor in qualifying for financial aid, even in a family with otherwise sufficient resources.</p>
<p>No I don't, but I do have two younger sibilings in elementary school. Certainly rasing a child from elementary school to graduation (with college likely) has to be more of a burden. I find this puzzling, esp. as my Dad is near retirement age.</p>
<p>whats your income?</p>
<p>Try doing it again. The first time I did it, it was unusually high, but during the second time I must have corrected an error and the EFC turned out to be a lot lower</p>
<p>i played around with the calculator and I found out that it was surprisingly generous even if my family income doubled. I think many agree that you can't get better than Princeton in terms of need based financial aid.</p>
<p>Agree with Agrophobic. Try again, stambiark, and maybe have your parents look at the calculator. There may be financial circumstances affecting your income that your parents are aware of.</p>
<p>When they say value less debt, they mean the value of the property minus the mortgage right?</p>