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JD Horner
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 12:44 pm
Post subject: Ways to get federal aid. |
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Hello, I've applied for FAFSA and numerous grants and loans, and I keep
getting denied for some reason. Is there anything I can do to get federal
aid. I do not make enough on my own to afford school and I can't depend on
my parents for they are on a fixed income.
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Steve Blank
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Ways to get federal aid. |
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What do you mean you keep getting denied? At a minimum, you should be
offered an unsubsidized Stafford loan.
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Steven B. Blank
College Financial Aid Consultants
29 Ives Hill Court
Cheshire, CT 06410
(203)250-7761
JD Horner wrote:
| Quote: | Hello, I've applied for FAFSA and numerous grants and loans, and I keep
getting denied for some reason. Is there anything I can do to get federal
aid. I do not make enough on my own to afford school and I can't depend on
my parents for they are on a fixed income.
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googler
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:16 am
Post subject: Re: Ways to get federal aid. |
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Steve Blank <steve@randallblank.com> wrote in message news:<DsqXb.9325$_Q1.5774@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>...
| Quote: | What do you mean you keep getting denied? At a minimum, you should be
offered an unsubsidized Stafford loan.
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Our daughter is 21, still lives at home. |
I have read from other posts (Much thanks Steve! ) the "custodial"
step parent for the past 12 months has to list their income but..
if we (her stepdad(me) and mother) do not claim her as a dependant
will the make her eligible for financial aid, other than the
Unsubsidized Stafford loan?
Per her school financial aid office,
she has to be either:
* 24
* married
* single with a child
if not she has to claim our income.
thx
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Steve Blank
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:39 am
Post subject: Re: Ways to get federal aid. |
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googler wrote:
| Quote: | Steve Blank <steve@randallblank.com> wrote in message news:<DsqXb.9325$_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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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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