Dependent? Independent? Dependency override?

BrownParent
Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:07:09 +0000

If you are in a legal guardianship then everything is easy. Either you have the papers or you get a copy of the papers from the court. Cut and dried.

If you are not in a legal guardianship then everything is hard. No you are not likely to get in one now at 17. So you have to have dependency override. This means each and every college decides. You fill out form for each. Do you know whereabouts of father, why or why not? You give all types of supporting documents and information to each. Mother’s death certificate. Verification letters from independent people, not your relatives, that you have had no contact with the father. Maybe you have and he just doesn’t want to pay for college. How does anyone know that? Independent letters from people that can be relied on, clergy, doctors, school officers maybe. Then you may not find out the decision until late.

Instead of posting about it over again, get to the bottom of it. You make it seem like a vacation is more important. Pick up the phone, write a letter, send an email.

If your EFC turns out to be zero because you have no income or assets you will get a federal Pell for 5770 and a federal loan for 5500. That’s all you are guaranteed. Some schools might give you something in addition and some may not. That means that you have to come up with the money that they don’t provide. How? Well that is your problem.