Help! Father Refuses to Fill out Fafsa

<p>CiaoRagazzi - I am the person who corresponded with you off-line about your essay. As I wrote then, I strongly felt that your essay could remain about 70% the same (with all of the last half remaining) and be a VERY strong essay – without mentioning any violence from your father. At the time, you said this was a one-time event – but from all of these postings, I am concerned that it is not. Again, with regards to your essay (and the fact that the essay as it stands could either win over admissions or make them very leery of accepting you) – I think you can write about your father pacing back and forth outside your room every night. While his family is sleeping, he is not sleeping, worrying about being out of a job and how to pay the bills. What this does to you – and then the rest of your essay about what you accomplished as a result. Your father then should find no fault with your essay … you are showing how much you felt for him and the pressures he was under. But I also think that you need to speak privately to an adult at your school that can help you better. This entire thing involves many levels for which we unfamiliar persons may not be appropriate to provide advice.</p>