I realized that I have been making the same mistake on my FAFSA applications for the past 3 years.

The money that is yours…is your asset. The money that is your mom’s is her asset. So…if you have $2000 in the account…that is your asset. If she has $2,000 in the account, that is her asset.

Unless you have given all your money to your mom for keeps. Have you done that?