<p>I did my fafsa by myself no help and I didn't know what I was doing sometimes enter 0 or leaving something blank since I didn't know it. Plus I didn't really know all of my fathers true numbers till after the Fafsa but some of them were pretty accurate. MY EFC was like 12015 I see people with EFC like at 0 and my parents barely make 67000 after a **** load of overtime. So did I mess it up or is that pretty much accurate??</p>
<p>Looks a little high if you don't have assets in your name, and your parent's don't have liquid assets over about 40K. Use the FinAid calculator to crunch the numbers and you'll see what your allowances are, and where the 12K EFC is coming from.</p>
<p>Where can I find that</p>
<p>There are resources in a thread posted atop this forum, including a calculator at College Board. I prefer the FinAid calculator:</p>
<p>It says should be around my EFC should be around 9000 which is do-able for my parents since I pay 6000 for a catholic school and can strech to 9000. How do i fixed my Fafsa to lower my EFC</p>
<p>when you submit your updated corrected info to your schools, they will let your know if your EFC was incorrect
In our house we make similar and EFC is $14,000- however with the rate of rapidly appreciating homes- we are assumed to be able to get a home equity loan.
If your parents are currently paying $6,000 in tuition for private school- adding room and board to that, would be just a tad over your EFC.
The people with zero EFCs make less than half of what your parents are making, sometimes even less than that.</p>
<p>DonJuan:</p>
<p>If the EFC from the calculator is 3K different than the EFC from the FAFSA, it's because you input different numbers. Check your SAR and see what you did differently. With the FinAid output, you can also see what your allowances are in each category, and what's contributing to your EFC.</p>
<p>You can correct the FAFSA and resubmit. If you're estimating, estimate income conservatively.</p>