<p>My daughter received Fin Aid award letters from 3 schools and only one (Boston Univ) offered a Pell Grant ($2500). It also had SEOG ($1500). The other 2 letters had Perkins Loans but no Pell Grant. I thought the Pell Grant should be the same no matter what school she attends. Our FAFSA EFC is 6087 and that should mean no Pell Grant. According to the Pell charts, a Pell Grant of $2500 should result from an EFC of $3000. So I think this is a mistake by Boston Univ. I called and they said they don't provide EFC info - it is Univ private. We could accept the award for freshman year but what about 2nd year and what if it is a mistake and they find out and they adjust the award even for freshman year? Any similar experiences or comments?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>The Pell is based on the FAFSA EFC, not from any CSS profile data. So I would expect to see the same Pell everywhere. And the maximum EFC for Pell is 4617. So yes it is odd that you would get $2500 in Pell with a 6087 FAFSA EFC. Unless the school thinks you made some sort of error on FAFSA and made an adjustment?</p>
<p>I think someone else had this situation earlier this year. The school mistakenly gave a Pell amount, but then realized the error and demanded the amount back. So, if that’s true, then that is a possible problem for you. In your case, the Pell and I think the SEOG could be considered to be mistakes…unless your EFC is really lower.</p>
<p>Swim…if the school made an adjustment and now her EFC is lower, where can she check that? Will that be online somewhere? Will she get a new SAR?</p>
<p>If they actually go in adjust the FAFSA then the change would show up as a new transaction on the student’s FAFSA. But I seem to recall one of the FA officers saying that schools can change the FAFSA data at their own end without changing it in the main FAFSA database. If that is the case, and I didn’t dream it, then I don’t know how you would find out about it.</p>
<p>I can understand the school saying they don’t share their calculated CSS “EFC”. If they have changed the FAFSA data then I don’t see why they would not explain this. Perhaps the OP needs to go a bit higher up the food chain t find out why they are being awarded a Pell when they though their EFC was too high for Pell.</p>