Grad student sibling's impact on undergrad's EFC

Debruns
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:54:37 +0000

Oh, I know that, but there were questions like this my son had to answer
[Independent Students](http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm)

and I thought it said, if the child could answer any of them, they weren’t a member of the household “in college”, not in the house proper. The women at the “fafsa hotline” (and that wasn’t a great experience) also told me that, . I did put him on the Profile which both schools asked for.
I found the question from fafsa and why I thought I couldn’t:


Number in parents’ household. Enter the number of family members in your parents’ household.


The following persons are included in your parents’ household size:

You (the student), even if you do not live with your parents.
Your parents (the ones whose information is reported on the FAFSA).

Your parents’ other children, if your parents will provide more than half of their support from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011 or if the other children could answer “No” to every question in Questions 46-58.

My son had to say he was a grad student in a masters program in those 46-58 answers, so sadly, I had to leave him out.