<p>@mom2coll
“but both of their incomes pre-tax is above 100k”
No, combined.</p>
<p>@FCCDAD
“does he have any motivation at all to provide you support when you’re 18? (If you want or need his help paying for your college, then you should really spend at least your late teen years doing everything you possibly can to cultivate a good relationship with him, including spending as much time as possible with him.)”</p>
<p>Impossible now. My father avoids me at all costs has to approve of all EC’s such as sports that cost money. If he doesn’t feel like paying for something, he just says I can’t do it or my mom has to foot the bill. Our relationship is beyond the point of repair. </p>
<p>@austinmshauri
Combined.</p>
<p>@sybbie719
My mom put me through private school k-8 with little to no help, so this really is a person who doesn’t feel obligated to do anything. I had to pass up multiple opportunities to go to high performing schools, which my area has plenty of, simply to ease the financial burden of private education.</p>
<p>Apply to FAFSA-only schools then.</p>
<p>Unlike some who have suggested they were abused by their now-absent parents, it sounds like your rift with your father doesn’t have any particular (or unforgivable) basis. You can always form a new relationship with him when the specter of never-ending custody and support lawsuits is no longer hanging over everything.</p>
<p>Don’t be surprised if he is too scared or hurt to try, though.</p>
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<p>Ok, so now you’ve clarified that both incomes COMBINED is above $100k.</p>
<p>How much is your mom FORCED (not optional) to contribute to her pension every year. It sounds like she earns about $60k+ per year. How much could a company “force” an employee to contribute?</p>
<p>What is your household size? Two people (one parent, one child)??</p>
<p>Does your dad pay child support? If so, will it end when you graduate from high school??</p>
<p>So, how much can your mom contribute EACH year? ASK her for an amount. If the amount isn’t much, then even so-called low cost schools like Truman would be unaffordable since their costs would be too high.</p>
<p>What is your home state?</p>
<p>What are your stats? </p>
<p>University of Chicago is now looking only at custodial parent income. I think Dartmouth makes some exception. USC and Dartmouth sometimes gives some consideration for that situation. I’d heard Vanderbilit is such a college, and Denison maybe.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids
My mom is forced to pay around 7-8 percent of her income to a pension (might be higher to a large amount of negotiations between her city and union). Her adjusted income is much lower considering this. We are a household of two, but child support ends right around the ending of my first semester of senior year. My mom is looking to contribute around 10k at most each year, but this is just an estimate
I will be taking the SAT shortly, but I have a cumulative UW GPA of 3.83. I got a four on World History and am taking Bio, Psych, and US History. I don’t really think I am up to the standards of a lot of competetive LACs, although it is early.</p>
<p>@FCCDAD
Tried it, he ignored me because he did not want to follow the custody orders of me spending the night with him since my grandma and cousins hate me.</p>
<p>Basically, it looks like you want to look mainly at:
- Schools which do not use non-custodial parent information for financial aid.
- Schools where you can get large enough merit scholarships.
- Schools where the list price is affordable.</p>
<p>Have you talked to your mother about how much she actually will contribute? Beyond that, you can borrow up to $5,500 (first year, slightly more later years) with a federal direct loan, and/or contribute a few thousand in work earnings. That can give you the price limit that you need to see a net price at or lower.</p>
<p>Dartmouth looks at the income and assets of both parents. They are upfront about this in their financial aid handbook for students and parents</p>
<p>You are a student in the middle of a hard situation that you did not cause and that is bad. Unfortunately, it is a situation that we see all too often . Colleges look at the parents ability to pay. Not what they want to pay or what they court order tells them that they have to pay. I was just at an info session yesterday at a selective school and they were straight up front about the 3 and only 3 situations that they would not consider not counting a non-custodial parents income; a fort order barring the first are t access to the.child due to a use a recent police report citing abuse and the threat of future abuse and incarceration, with documentation from the prison The school was. Dry upfront t with the fact that while they are still need blind and will still meet 100% demonstrated need with only a small subsidized loans for low income students that they do not have a Harvard endowment. </p>
<p>Never give up hope. Just reach out to him periodically as an adult. And never ever ever talk about custody or support or your mother.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus
I know UC’s are doable, but I was hoping to go out of state for college. My dream major is in either accounting or financing, but I would have to settle for Economics at a UC. How good is Berkeley’s Economics program and is it far enough from LA that I would not be asked to visit every other week?</p>
<p>I know CPA’s from UCLA. How are they doing it? I know that my nephew is an Econ major and will be taking the CPA exam. Does the school have some sort of work around? </p>
<p>Without a SAT or ACT score (take BOTH!!!), it’s hard to know. You want to go OOS and you’re thinking Accounting or Finance. If you got a 1400 M+CR SAT or ACT 32, then Alabama would give you free tuition. Alabama has an excellent Accounting dept and its Finance dept is very good, too. </p>
<p>The 2014 Public Accountancy Report Survey has ranked Alabama’s Accountancy undergrad and masters programs at 8th in the nation. </p>
<p><a href=“http://cba.ua.edu”>http://cba.ua.edu</a></p>
<p>If you want to go OOS, and you get the qualifying SAT or ACT score, and you apply by the Dec deadline, you would get free tuition. With your mom’s contribution and maybe a small fed student loan or summer work/internships, it should be affordable. The big 4 accounting houses recruit at Alabama.</p>
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How good is Berkeley’s Economics program and is it far enough from LA that I would not be asked to visit every other week?</p>
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<p>??? You live in Calif. Have you never seen a map of your state? lol</p>
<p>I doubt any parent (except a rich one with a private jet) would expect a Cal student to come home every other week to LA. </p>
<p>You don’t know how far Berkeley is from your home near LA? Do you think you have to settle for econ because you can’t get into the business school? Berkeley certainly offers accounting.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids
Is there any reason why they give so much OOS aid there? It is really quite spectacular looking at the amount of aid you can get with a 3.5 cumulative.</p>