Pell Grant @ UChicago

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<p>Hi guys,</p>

<p>I have a question about Pell Grants at the University of Chicago.</p>

<p>I think I should receive a Pell Grant, but for some reason they're not letting me.</p>

<p>What happened was when I first filled out the FAFSA, I said that my parents were married (they are legally married), and I wasn't eligible for a Pell Grant. Now I changed the FAFSA to reflect the fact that they are technically separated (my dad lives overseas) and the EFC went way down and supposedly I qualify for a Pell Grant.</p>

<p>The Pell Grant is awarded based on just the custodial parent, but the assistant financial aid director I contacted said that the change in the FAFSA didn't matter and that I can't receive a Pell Grant.</p>

<p>Could someone please clarify on that?</p>

2

<p>Pell Grant is federal. UChicago isn't in charge of it. It doesn't matter anyway, because if you get a Pell Grant, Chicago will just take it. They took mine.</p>

3

<p>What do you mean by 'take it'?</p>

4

<p>If you receive, say, $20k in Chicago financial aid grants and you get $4k in Pell Grants, then your new financial aid will be $16k in Chicago financial aid grants. Your financial aid will just absorb the effect of the Pell Grant.</p>

5

<p>...that's some major b.s.</p>

6

<p>Welcome to Chicago.</p>

7

<p>They're figuring you need 20K, now you're get 4K--so you need 4K less.</p>