HELP! Lying to Financial Aid Office

thumper1
Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:26:57 +0000

@gocornell2

I would suggest you smile and nod. You can thank your friend for thismadvice…but thennpolitelymsay it’s nit the case with your family. Then change the subject to toothpaste.

Honestly…the amount paid for rent is NOT even considered for financial aid purposes. So…like I said…smile and nod and walk away.

And to answer your question…cost of rent or mortgage is considered a choice. One can find a less costly place to live. And as noted upstream…EVERYONE has living expenses of some kind.

Where exactly did your friend put this on his financial aid forms? I honestly don’t recall a spot for “amount of rent paid”. Definitely not on the fafsa. Profile?

@BelknapPoint where would a person put their rent amount on the current Profile?

Oh…and your friend has “gotten away with nothing” because the financial aid office doesn’t consider this number. He could call and say his rent is $10,000 a month…and it wouldn’t matter!