<p>*mom2 - there IS a federal law, this is not just an internal BC rule or something that the BC FA officer is “just saying”. *</p>
<p>If you reread my post, I said: *And, there is no federal law that says that a CSS school must default to FAFSA when awarding its OWN money. Certainly, HYPS don’t do that.</p>
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<p>I don’t think there is a federal law that says a college can’t give INSTITUTIONAL aid (I’m not talking federal aid) when FAFSA is higher.</p>
<p>If there were such a law, then HYPS couldn’t do what they do. **Plenty of kids at HYPS have FAFSA EFCs of $60k+ but they are still awarded HYPS money. **</p>