<p>As an ED student, I received my preliminary financial aid package. I filled out the FAFSA recently with my parents' 2010 incomes which are higher than the 2009 ones I submitted to Penn earlier, but my EFC as calculated by the FAFSA was significantly lower than that calculated by Penn. Any ideas for this discrepancy?</p>
<p>Also, are any Penn financial aid recipients out there bothering to apply for outside scholarships as they take away from your student contribution & work study (not a significant amount) and then take away from the Penn grant?</p>