</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Anath:
<strong>Kermit -- not to be nosey, but I'm always so confused by people posting high EFC's like yours. From what I was told by several financial aid officers at various schools (I called around to make sure), the EFC is determined based solely on your income. Did you just work a ton or something?
I just don't get how EFCs are that high if these amounts are supposed to be based solely on student income.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I actually didn't think 3K was high. But, I worked part-time during school and made around $2,000 senior year second semester and then immediately went into a full-time job. I earned around $12,000 and saved part of it since I lived at home, but a large chunk went into applying to schools and interviewing.