Noncustodial parent income effect

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'm hoping they don’t simply add his income to my mother’s,

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<p>Dunno about BC, but unfortunately, that is standard practice. Colleges believe that is the parent’s responsibility to pay for their children’s college education, which includes both bio parents. (If they did not require NCP to contribute, every NCP would claim non-support.) However, some colleges – again dunno about BC – will take into consideration if a NCP has been long gone and out of a child’s life.</p>

<p>From BC’s website:
<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/financial/finaid/undergrad/faq/finaidfaqgeneral.html#gen_seven[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/offices/stserv/financial/finaid/undergrad/faq/finaidfaqgeneral.html#gen_seven&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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We believe students and their parents have primary responsibility to cover the cost of a Boston College education to the extent they are able to do so. Financial aid decisions are based on ability, not willingness to pay. You may wish to explain to an unwilling parent that we will not share his/her financial information with others. Also, by submitting the necessary financial information on the FAFSA and BC Financial Aid Application or CSS Profile, the parent is in no way obligated to contribute to educational costs. The information is simply used to determine eligibility for need-based aid. We cannot increase financial aid because of a parent’s unwillingness to contribute, so a student may be faced with taking out loans to finance the parent’s expected contribution.

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<p>Good luck.</p>