My Mom Is Pregnant...Update FAFSA?

[sybbie719]

<p>from Finaid.org and FAFSA</p>

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Unlike most questions on the financial aid application, which focus on the base year, the questions about the number of people in the household and the number of family members in college are concerned with the award year. So if the mother is pregnant the unborn child counts toward the household size</p>

<p>[FinAid</a> | Financial Aid Applications | Maximizing Your Aid Eligibility](<a href=“http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/maximize.phtml]FinAid”>http://www.finaid.org/fafsa/maximize.phtml)

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Who is included in the student household size?</p>

<p>Your household size should include yourself, your spouse (if married) and children and other people (not your children or spouse) who will receive more than half of their support from you (and your spouse) between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. You may also include any unborn children if they will be born during the school year.</p>

<p>[Who</a> is included in the student’s household size?](<a href=“http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw01d.htm]Who”>http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw01d.htm)</p>

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<p>Since OP is filing the FAFSA for the 2012/13 school year which is from July 1, 2012 thru June 30, 2013, she should include her unborn sibling.</p>