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I am being verfied for the past two years. One question from the school (on their own verfication form, which they will use to compare to the FAFSA) is 'did you receive food stampt during 2011'. I did, but when I completed the FAFSA in January, 2012, for the 2102/2013 school year, the FAFSA program skipped past the section about food stamps, TANF/WIC, and etc. So the FAFSA is blank (not even a zero) for ...

When I last talked to my financial aid counselor she told me to write a letter in regards to how I believe I should be declared an independent since I have not had contact with my parents for over five years. Here is what I have so far. Any help would be appreciated I meet with them again tomorrow. I am aware that my paragraphs do need to be longer but I'm not sure what ...

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My girlfriend asked me to help her understand the FSFSA process for her daughter who will be entering college. I think I have researched and understand it well except for one concept I cannot get my head around and am hoping for help/validation.

Her ex-husband has a much higher income than she does and pays her a little bit of support each month. However, the student did spend incrementally more time (just a ...

My mom claimed me as a dependent through all of my years in college. I've realized that she probably should not have done this seeing as I did not live at home during these years nor did she pay for my expenses.

I'm wondering if this affected the amount of financial aid I received which in turn affected the amount of student loans I had to take out.

Secondly, is there anything that can be ...

I completed my FAFSA using my 2011 tax form and added my first ten schools. Today, I received my 2012 tax form.

I want to delete the first ten schools I added and add the second ten schools I applied to.

Now that I am going to input my 2012 tax income information on FAFSA, do I need to still put the schools I want to delete( the first ten schools) and wait for it ...

Hello my name is Eugene and I am posting here on behalf of my girlfriend. She is having trouble receiving financial aid for her studies and I am desperately searching for advice on what to do with her current situation. She has already been accepted into a CUNY college here in NYC where we both live. She called me today and happily informed me that she has been accepted by FAFSA for financial aid and ...

My step daughter is off to college in the fall of 2013. My stepson is going to go live with his father in KY when she leaves. We are going to change the custody papers for him when he leaves. We are their custodial parents now and will cease to be his custodial parent when he leaves.
My question is can we also change our college bound child's custody to her father? She qualifies for ...

In 2012 I had 30K in my savings account but now as of jan 21 2013 about 14K after poaying off my car. I recently got a letter from my bank stating that I received $12.04 in interest income for the year of 2012. I have been going to college since the year 2009 with no problems with fasfa and getting financial aid/grants & loans but I am now afraid that I will not be ...

My Stepson has an unusual situation, at least one that I have not heard of on this forum. His biological parents are both remarried. His Father who claims him on his 1040 makes over 100K and had a wife who makes minimal wage income. His Mother (my wife) has total household wage income of about 107K this year. My Stepson lives with us more than 50% of the time. Am I correct to include just ...

Hello All,
So here is my situation:
I will be graduating this April (I have never been eligible for FAFSA as a student).
My fiancee will be graduating in December of this year (she needs to take Summer and Fall courses). She attends a public university in Florida (and has gotten FAFSA every semester), and we will be living in Florida.
We are getting married the first week of May.
Should we file our paperwork ...