@merc81 @MYOS1634 I don’t know, the way the advisor explained it was that some private colleges would see savings that we don’t even have access to, like life insurance and IRAs and retirement funds. Since both my parents work for the government, the had special savings funds through work that they assumed wouldn’t be used to determine our financial aid. But all of that was mainly between her and my parents and their tax advisor, so I don’t really know the whole story bc I’m not really involved in it.