<p>If this student is OOS for a UC, then it really doesn’t matter if his EFC is $46k or if it’s $16k. The UC’s aren’t going to give him money.</p>
<p>Even if he’s instate, if family income were really that low for 2010, he’d qualify for Blue and Gold - which I think only looks at income, not assets. </p>
<p>Chaos…you’re probably not hearing the whole story from your friend. And, if he’s getting money from Granny to pay for college, that also gets noted on FAFSA, which also would cause EFC to rise.</p>
<p>Was the bankruptcy a personal one or a corporate one…big difference.</p>