When is a kid considered an adult?

[ucbalumnus]

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@Mscharg1

I am just getting into the whole college financial aid thing with our oldest. Makes me wonder if we just don’t cut him off at 18 and then he is plain old broke and has “need”. I am sure I am not the first to pose this thought and also sure it don’t work that way.

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<p>It does not work that way. Most undergraduate college students are considered dependent on their parents for financial aid purposes unless they are age 24, in or veteran of military service, or currently married.</p>

<p><a href=“http://studentaid.ed.gov/fafsa/filling-out/dependency”>http://studentaid.ed.gov/fafsa/filling-out/dependency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;