<p>hey everyone, happy new year. i know i got up first thing and get my daughter up to look at the 2011-12 fafsa. i have already submitted our css profile to her ED first choice school (accepted), the fafsa is also due. i’m going to use the same 2009 numbers but i’ve received a financial aid letter from the school indicating what i’m going to get. will the fafsa numbers be different? meaning, could the school has estimated too low? also, i put everything in the css profile, the small 529 plan we have (under $5000) and a small brokerage account we have (about 12,000). otherwise, our savings is small - accept for our house (worth nothing now) and my husband’s 401K. will the above small amounts kick us out of any federal aid. we do have full-time jobs however.</p>