<p>It is not on the Profile itself. I was told the amount of need demonstrated on the Profile by the financial aid officer. He acknowledged the Profile more accurately reflected our demonstrated need, but nevertheless stated they had to default to the higher FAFSA amount. If I had known this from the beginning, I could have saved my money in submitting the CSS Profile. A hard lesson learned from one who is putting our first through college. I will be better informed and prepared for our other children, and only have them apply to schools that truly meet demonstated need (read between the lines of the school literature and ask key questions of financial aid office before applying). I quess a thread should be started listing the colleges, if one hasn’t already been started, that truly fail to meet demonstrated need, so that others can stay away if they are within a certain income bracket. First on the list Boston College.</p>