<p>I’m appealing for financial aid and was wondering if anyone would know if expenses from traffic tickets and expenses from an accident would count. Thanks!</p>
<p>I doubt they would take illegal actions (tickets) into consideration. Doesn’t that sound like a reason to reconsider your maturity?</p>
<p>Medical expenses from an accident, maybe. But forget about ticket expenses. Or credit card debt, car payments, cell phone bill, etc.</p>
<p>They’re not my tickets… they’re my brother’s - and my parents have to pay for them, sadly…</p>
<p>Anyway, just thought I’d take a swing at it 
Nevermind, I suppose!</p>
<p>Swing and a miss.</p>
<p>Yep. Oh well!</p>
<p>NO…traffic tickets do not count. They were VERY avoidable…VERY. No comsumer debt counts either (credit card, car payment, mortgage, cell phone bills, utilities…none of that). And it also doesn’t matter if you have higher mortgage bills than your friends. That doesn’t count either.</p>
<p>The only things that really matter are loss of income (must be clearly documented and usually for a certain period of time before eligible for consideration), high medical expenses (of an immediate family member), and expenses related to a catastrophe (things like losing your home in a hurricane or flood).</p>