The move from using the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) to the Student Aid index (SAI) when determining federal financial aid will leave some borrowers better off and others worse off ...

Colleges determine financial need by subtracting the student's EFC, now the SAI, from the total cost of attendance. "Changing it to the student aid index is a more appropriate use of terminology ...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) replaced the Expected Family Contribution (EFC ... The number represents a rough estimate of your family's financial need for college. It's very much like the Expected ...

Federal financial aid includes federal grants, student loans and work-study ... aid you’re eligible for by subtracting your expected family contribution from your cost of attendance.

You must apply for financial aid prior to admission. Undocumented students do not re-apply for financial aid each year. Expected Family Contributions (EFC) are locked at the current amount. Please ...

(Note: The federal version of the EFC is now called the Student Aid Index, or SAI.) If you did not, or were unable, to file the 2024-2025 FAFSA prior to receiving their aid offer, we estimated ...

or EFC, which determines students' eligibility for federal financial aid. If a household has multiple family members in college at the same time – indicated by a question on the FAFSA – that ...

In order to create financial aid awards, we utilize your full cost ... Number in college (if student is considered independent) *The student income portion of the Institutional Expected Family ...

and it shows I have significantly more financial resources? Awarded institutional grants and scholarships will remain the same even if a student's SAI (formerly EFC) score on the FAFSA increases.