My rich custodial father is unwilling to pay anything for college. So, can I not include him in CSS?

[mom2collegekids]

@Twoin18

My quote

An int’l student isn’t going to find a true ** free ride merit scholarship ** into a US school."

Well perhaps not airfare and health insurance but international students at the very topmost level (like those capable of getting into Stanford) do sometimes get tuition, room and board, for example

At the topmost level like Stanford, there are NO merit scholarships for anyone. Those schools give need based aid.

That said, this student wouldn’t get a free need-based ride to Stanford, either.
And everyone knows that low income students will get free rides at schools like Stanford.