<p>I'll go deeply in the hole to pay for college, but I don't exactly want to admit it! Is there a recommended percentage of income or something I should enter for this question?</p>
<p>You're talking about question SR-160, expected contribution from student's parents? Use the Finaid calculator to figure what your EFC likely will be, and what the parental portion of that is. Then put down an amount that's somewhat less (maybe 25% less) than that. You don't want to put down an amount that ends up being higher than the amount resulting from the Profile calculation.</p>