<p>In addition, parent should make sure that there is a financial safety on the list along with schools where her D stands a good chance of obtaining merit money.</p>
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<p>You are absolutely right. Any school official who wants to remain employed is not going to do this for Op. There are just too many ways that it can come back and bite the school official in the butt, which would be immediate termination and/or loss of license.</p>
<p>I had kids who 3/4 years ago got waivers where kids who were in the same situation this year did not receive waivers.</p>
<p>I had a student whose has one deceased parent and the other parent is currently incarcerated for 37 years. The kid is in legal guardianship with aunt. Kid was independent for FAFSA, but had to go through a lot of hoops in getting letters, copies or court records for guardianship/ records for the incarceration just to get NYS aid, TAP (where you can be a dependent student until you are 35)</p>