Appealing need-based aid...Unsupportive father would never pay... he's kinda gone

chunklighttuna
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 03:08:58 +0000

Hello,
So my parents have been divorced for like 10 years, and I’ve lived with my mom the whole time. Now I technically still have contact with my dad, but not something where they share custody. My mom is poor, we live in basically a shack, and can barely afford to feed ourselves. Now in filling out financial aid for college, I had to put down my dad’s income for the CSS Profile. Even though me and my mom and family are poor, he’s rich. He doesn’t care about us, doesn’t support us. I’ve faced all the disadvantages of being low-income, but to colleges, on paper, I have a rich dad, and I haven’t been getting a lot of aid. I recently came out as transgender so he could sign some papers, and he basically cut off contact at this point. Like he won’t answer calls and stuff.

Now I know the colleges expect the noncustodial parent to pay, and I know they make appeals in certain situations where the noncustodial parent is not in contact with the family. But, I mean, technically my dad “exists”, but he doesn’t support me. He’s never supported me. And now, in a cruel way, he’s still come to haunt me by the simple fact that his money is attached to my name. I don’t know if this is a basis for appeal or not? My dad doesn’t even pay for my food, clothes, or even school NOW, how can they expect 100k dollars from him for college?

Sorry I sound kind of frustrated. I don’t know how I’m gonna pay for all of this.