Financial aid help: Divorced parents.

thumper1
Sun, 04 Aug 2013 02:07:22 +0000

Princeton does not use the Profile. It uses it’s own form. Read very carefully how they deal with divorced parents, and spouses. It is very different than other schools.

However, getting accepted to Princeton is not guaranteed for anyone!

As noted…if you have lived equally with both parents, you need to list the parent who contributes most to your support. In most cases, this is the parent with the higher income.

For CSS Profile schools, you will likely have to proved info for everyone as noted above. one parent and spouse will complete the Profile, and the other parent and spouse will complete the NCP Profile.

Your grandparents are not players in this at all.

Just tell the truth about your parents, and don’t worry about how people “prove” this. If you are honest, you will be able to document who your custodial parent is. So…be honest about it.

You also might want to revisit your list of potential schools, as well as the thread here for guaranteed merit awards.