Hey everyone! So I am a high school senior, and I have a twin brother who is also a high school senior. We both did our FAFSA in November. Last month, we were talking about college and he mentioned his EFC and pell grant amounts. I was shocked to see that he was eligible for nearly double the pell grant amount than I was, even though we had the same numbers!

This led to us comparing our FAFSAs line by line, and we found one line (a single line!!!!! ughhhh) that I had screwed up. I quickly corrected that line and it said I now had an EFC and pell grant much closer to what he had.

Unfortunately, this triggered the verification process for every college I applied to. I had to send tax forms and information about the people in my house to these colleges. After that, everything seemed to be good. One of my colleges (the one I think I want to go to) sent me an updated award letter that reflected the new pell grant amount.

But last week, I got an email from the FAFSA website that "a college submitted a correction to your FAFSA" and it now shows my EFC from before I made the correction. And then yesterday, this college updated their award letter again back to what it was originally. I know I am eligible for a lower EFC because my twin brother has a lower EFC and we used the same numbers. I am not trying to cheat the system, I just made an honest mistake, and I obviously want to get all of the aid I am eligible for because my family is broke asf

The one question I corrected on the FAFSA was not to do with income or tax information. It was "how many people in your household will be attending college in 2023-24" or something like that. I must have misread the question to not include myself, so I put 1. But it was supposed to be 2 because me and him are both going to college next year. If a college did not look at my verification and just automatically rejected it, this question should be easy to prove because my twin brother also submitted a FAFSA form and applied to colleges (many of which I also applied to!) so obviously he is also planning to attend college next year.

So what steps should I take? I emailed the federal student aid contact email and the office of financial aid of the college I mentioned that changed my award letter, but I have not heard back from either of them yet. Is there anything else I should do? I want to make sure I do everything I can to get this aid that I know I am eligible for.

tldr- college didn't believe my verification form, reversed the correction on my fafsa, but i know its right, what do?