Financial Aid--Guardian, not Parent

alooknac
Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:45:47 +0000

I don’t know of the “financial aid thread” you mention but I have personal experience with this scenario.

The “family of one” applies to FAFSA (college aid from government) if a student was in guardianship before turning 18. Colleges can still require financial information from the legal guardian or parent, via the Profile.

For prep schools, it is entirely up to the school. I described our situation to the schools my D applied to and they all wanted the guardian as well as the two separate parents to complete the financial forms. Since one of the schools used a different financial aid form, it meant that 3 families had to each complete 2 forms.

Cumbersome but it paid off and after the first year we all only had to file one form.