CSS Non-custodial profile impact on EFC

mom2collegekids
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:05:16 +0000

D1, now at Brown, had her heart in USC because of that. Wrong! They were among the ones that offered the lowest aid. They did ask for other parent information, just through the back door.

I wonder if USC has taken a new approach in recent years. In the past, it seemed like they only asked if they suspected that the child was really living with the higher income parent.

USC really needs to change its website because their info is misleading…

*If your parents . . .

•Are married and filed separately: Submit information for both tax returns.

•Are divorced or separated: Provide information from your custodial parent’s 2010 federal tax return. If your parents filed jointly for 2010, submit information from that return. If your custodial parent has remarried, submit information for him/her and your stepparent.

◦USC does not require the CSS Non-Custodial Parent form or the CSS Business Supplemental Form.

*

I don’t see where they require NCP info on their own forms, either…so, could be misleading.

Brown gave her a generous…$1,400! She is there (for now) only thanks to a lot of external scholarships and lots of mom’s sacrifice, and jobs she found. Are there better options for her situation? Yes, but having top GPA, SAT scores and honors, speaking 5 languages (now 6), 10 AP’s (saved a year of college), you want to at least let her TRY her best shot

wow…do you have other kids that will also be going to college?