Ways to get federal aid.

Steve Blank <steve.DeleteThis@randallblank.com> wrote in message news:<DsqXb.9325$_Q1.5774@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>...
> What do you mean you keep getting denied? At a minimum, you should be
> offered an unsubsidized Stafford loan.
>
> --
Our daughter is 21, still lives at home.
I have read from other posts (Much thanks Steve! ) the "custodial"
step parent for the past 12 months has to list their income but..

if we (her stepdad(me) and mother) do not claim her as a dependant
will the make her eligible for financial aid, other than the
Unsubsidized Stafford loan?

Per her school financial aid office,
she has to be either:
* 24
* married
* single with a child
if not she has to claim our income.

thx
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googler wrote:
> Steve Blank <steve DeleteThis @randallblank.com> wrote in message news:<DsqXb.9325$_Q1.5774@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>...
>
>>What do you mean you keep getting denied? At a minimum, you should be
>>offered an unsubsidized Stafford loan.
>>
>>--
>
> Our daughter is 21, still lives at home.
> I have read from other posts (Much thanks Steve! ) the "custodial"
> step parent for the past 12 months has to list their income but..
>
> if we (her stepdad(me) and mother) do not claim her as a dependant
> will the make her eligible for financial aid, other than the
> Unsubsidized Stafford loan?
>
> Per her school financial aid office,
> she has to be either:
> * 24
> * married
> * single with a child
> if not she has to claim our income.
>
> thx

Any of the above make her an independent student and parent info would
not be required on the FAFSA. Same thing if she is a graduate student, a
veteran, provides more than 50% of someone else's support, is an orphan,
or was a ward of the court until 18.

Otherwise she is a dependent student for financial aid purposes and has
to include parent income. Whether or not you claim her as a tax
dependent has no bearing on financial aid. (It did matter at one time,
but that law was changed even before I began my business over ten years
ago.)


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Steven B. Blank
College Financial Aid Consultants
29 Ives Hill Court
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203)250-7761
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