Need-Based Aid: How Colleges Calculate Your EFC/SAI
AcademicWings Team
The most confusing moment in financial aid comes when you see a number next to "Expected Family Contribution" or "Student Aid Index" and you have no ide...
The most confusing moment in financial aid comes when you see a number next to "Expected Family Contribution" or "Student Aid Index" and you have no idea what it means or how your college's actual financial aid offer connects to it. You might see that your SAI is $8,500, then your college says your financial need is $15,000, and you can't figure out why they're not the same number. This confusion costs students thousands of dollars because they don't understand how to interpret their financia...