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Lets also keep in mind that there are some parents out there, that will refuse to pay for their kids education. I have a friend who’s parents make well over $100K a year, and told her after high school she is on her own…I felt really sorry for her because she really wants to go to a great college, and she did VERY well in HS but she also realizes that her parents make way too much money and won’t help finance her schooling. I told her that she would be better off going off on her own, making sure her parents DO not file for her on their taxes since they are cutting her off, and feeling out the FASA with JUST her info. The sucky part about this tho, is that they will have the right to claim her this year since they supported her in HS. So she might have to either take a year off, or go to community college while working to pay for that in the meantime…
Does not matter whether they claim her on their taxes or not. Unless she is 24 (or married/a veteran/has a dependent she supports/doing a masters or doctorate) she is a dependent for FAFSA and cannot file with just her info.</p>