<p>I know I’m going to sound self-righteous here but if she has available resources it should be used to fund her education. </p>
<p>Lots of us did and do work our way through school and used every penny at our disposal to do so. That gave me a greater sense of pride than the pride of having fooled the system would have.</p>
<p>I’d worry more about what is right than “how will it look”.</p>
<p>“As for fraud, I could have her spend her money on school tuition or dance lessons and put the same amount in an account in my name for her benefit with the same results.” That in itself sounds fraudulant!</p>
<p>“And we’re not talking about a huge amount of money, a couple of thousand now.” Then why worry about it to the point of bending, if not outright breaking, the law? </p>
<p>Is she going to stop working in January of 2013 so that she won’t have any income to report on her FAFSA?</p>