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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Our HHI was never above 120k in a HCOL[/b] and our EFC is 34k/yr (and our FA is solely student loans for the amount above 34k).  [b]But honestly it's not that hard to pay fo[/b]r--we saved since birth for 2 kids and are cash-flowing the amount we usually saved and cutting corners to pay out the extra.  I think it's a big shock if you haven't been saving because not only do you not have the amount the FAFSA considers you to have saved up, but also you're used to spending your whole income.

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unless we have very different ideas of HCOL, I don't see how that is remotely possible unless you have a lot of family help elsewhere [/quote]

No no unusual family help (my undergrad education was paid for save for 12k student loans, DH worked through college and didn't finish).  We are mainly first gen (one of our four parents completed a college degree).  We lived in NYC, shortly after our first was born moved to Northern Virginia (Arlington renting, bought house in Fairfax city in 2009).  We don't have a UMC style life--used cars, public school, no travel sports or expensive activities, cook our own food, car travel.  [/quote]

120k- mortgage in Fairfax city - taxes - retirement savings and you had enough to sock away 120k in a 529- that's impressive budgeting [/quote]

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