<p>When I completed my FAFSA back in spring, It said that I was eligible for $4,500. Yet, this semester I only received less than 1/3 of that. I didn't receive any financial aid this summer so does that mean that I will receive the remaining 2/3 in 2014 spring? Or will they send me 1/3 again, and they keep 1/3?</p>
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I’m confused. Did you complete 2012-2013 FAFSA or 2013-2014 FAFSA. Which semester did you receive the Pell Grant? Also were you a full-time, half-time, or part-time student in that semester?</p>
<p>I completed the 2013-14 in the spring. This is for the fall semester and I’m a full time student.</p>
<p>This is strange because last year after I completed the 2012-13 FAFSA I received almost $3k for each full time semester. Then again, my EFC last year was 0. This year it’s 1,080. Even though my household income has remained the same.</p>
<p>There are a number of reasons this could have happened. You should call/visit your school’s financial aid office & ask them. I also suggest that you review your FAFSA info to make sure you entered everything correctly (since your EFC increased).</p>
<p>P.S. If you don’t use your whole Pell award (for example, if you are part time during the year), the school never gets it … so it doesn’t keep it.</p>
<p>^You should contact your school’s financial aid office and find out why. See [Calculating</a> Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used | Federal Student Aid](<a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/types/grants-scholarships/pell/calculate-eligibility]Calculating”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/types/grants-scholarships/pell/calculate-eligibility)
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<p>4kidsdad - dadavester just stated that s/he is a full-time student.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’ll be contacting my financial aid offices soon because I can’t make sense of this.</p>
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OP, you think you’re a full-time student; but does your school’s financial aid office indicate that too?</p>
<p>Yes. 12+ hours at my school is considered full-time. I registered for 16 hours. Three science classes with labs for each and a math class. I couldn’t register for another class even if I tried because the limit is 18 hours.</p>
<p>I tried looking at my 2013-14 FAFSA to check if I made any mistakes but the link would just redirect to the home page. As far as I remember I filled it out honestly and it was close to last years FAFSA. The only thing done different is that my parents had to submit a 1040x form to amend their taxes for this year. Although my FAFSA was submitted in early spring my school didn’t approve my eligibility to receive refund until a couple weeks ago since the it took months for the IRS to approve the amended tax return. Following that, I had to submit proof of amendment for my school and that took an extra several weeks. I’m lucky I received anything at all this semester, but I’m still not sure why it’s much less than before.</p>
<p>I am guessing maybe there were some updates made by the aid officer when your file was verified (I am guessing it was verified, since you had to submit proof of the amendment). You can see what is currently on your FAFSA by going to [Home</a> - FAFSA on the Web-Federal Student Aid](<a href=“http://www.fafsa.gov%5DHome”>http://www.fafsa.gov), then clicking on View Your Student Aid Report (SAR). Go through your parents’ income info line by line and compare it with the amended return. Sometimes aid officers make mistakes, so do check everything. </p>
<p>If you have been in school in the past or for several years, do check your lifetime Pell usage at [National</a> Student Loan Data System for Students](<a href=“http://www.nslds.ed.gov%5DNational”>http://www.nslds.ed.gov).</p>
<p>I found it. It seems that as of last week when the amended tax return information was applied to my FAFSA my EFC went up to “:03040 *C”. So my Pell Grant award amount decreased. Could they be doing this in order to compensate for the increased amount of money my parents received before they amended their tax return?</p>
<p>I’ve used 200% of my Pell Grant.</p>
<p>Your EFC has gone up to 3040. Check to see what has changed … are you able to find your original Student Aid Report so you can compare it? That is a big jump. What was the reason for the amended return? Maybe it has something to do with that.</p>
<p>Did you have a sibling in school who no longer is?</p>