Look I know there's 8000 of this same thread but everyone's situation is different. I'm really interested in USC and I the financial aid calculator a while ago to see what it would say and it gave me a pretty manageable number. It gave me an estimate of about 43k or so in gift aid. We had a FAFSA EFC of about 7500 last time I checked...and usually when running my numbers through the CSS my EFC about double that... so with an estimate 43k in grants and 60k COA thats a little over double so it all definitely adds up. I will mention that my parents don't have equity in a home(we rent our home so I guess i'm lucky they can't ask me to tap into our equity) or real estate/businesses/substantial savings. Our situation is as simple as it can get really. I've even ran our numbers in other schools that use the same methodology/have similar COA and the estimations were about the same. Some people seem to say these things are pretty accurate when comparing what their actual aid package is, and some people get a package that is way off. What have your experiences been with it?
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