FAFSA and Parents Income

momofthreeboys
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:26:22 +0000

Is your D a senior? If so, you need to look at the list she has for applications. You should check and see which ones are colleges requiring Profile and which colleges require only FAFSA. Then look at the Profile colleges and see which of those do NOT require the non-custodial information. THEN, go to the website for those colleges and make sure those colleges don’t have a separate college specific form. For colleges that require the Non-custodial form you could certainly try to get a waiver, but this is not easy nor a sure bet. Tweak the list accordingly.

Make sure your D has FAFSA only colleges, make sure she has colleges that don’t require your ex’s financial information and try to have some that will be financial safeties because they guarantee merit dollars for GPA and test scores…I’m somewhat repeating what Mom2 said, but your “college search” might be very different today than what is was a year ago.