Other than SAI (Student Aid Index) you mostly don’t have to worry about the other abbreviations or acronyms, which are intermediary calculations and inputs into the final SAI figure. But in case you’re still curious, here they are:
Acronym | Meaning |
SAI | Student Aid Index |
TI | Total income |
ATI | Allowances Against Total Income |
STX | State and Other Tax Allowances |
EA | Employment Allowance |
IPA | Income Protection Allowance |
AI | Available Income |
CAI | Contribution from Available Income (for independent student only) |
DNW | Discretionary Net Worth |
APA | Education Savings and Asset Protection Allowance |
PCA | Parents’ Contribution from Assets |
AAI | Adjusted Available Income |
TPC | Total Parents’ Contribution |
TSC | Total Students’ Contribution |
PC | Parents’ Contribution |
SIC | Dependent Student’s Income Contribution |
SCA | Dependent Student’s Contribution from Assets |