<p>Thanks for the help people. 
I appreciate this a lot.</p>
<p>Yes, I was on the phone with the UCSC financial aid office and they said the exact same thing about my EFC being too high. My parents are now nervous due to the fact that they’re about to spend a fortune for me, while I have another brother waiting under their wings.</p>
<p>I might go to a Community College then. All my hard work down the drain.</p>