Can Emancipation Get You Better Financial Aid

[Disagreeable]

Then he better get a job to support himself.

[jk]

He is going away for school. He won't be living with his parents, and they aren't going to be sending him anything.

and the claim of dependent on his parents tax returns?
Is he going to return to the family home for school breaks?
after the school year?
if/when he graduates?



If he is truly financially independent (and the fact he lives with them now proves he isn't), he can speak with the financial aid director at his school. They have the power to treat him as financially independent if they believe it applies.

[LawResearcherMissy]

You just have to do it yourself

Yes?

That's what I did. Worked two full-time jobs AND a part-time job, went to school, and supported myself 100% - and I do mean 100%. I didn't even go back to my grandparents' to do laundry. What makes your boyfriend so special that I should have to help pay his tuition because he doesn't want to have student loans?

Being a grown-up sucks. Buy a helmet and power through, it isn't going to get any easier and it's best to grasp an understanding of that NOW.

[dezzey]

Trust me I know that being a grown up sucks so, you can hop off your high horse lady. You are going beyond the question like I'm knocking on your door asking for donations to the "Feed The Hungry Boyfriend Fund" I'm not! Regardless of where your tax money goes its paying for someone's something, whether its education, welfare, health care, useless research projects put on by the government, and etc. Welcome to America! I'd think a self-made woman like yourself would know that... Its basic high school government, which is, again, way off topic from the question I asked. So if you don't have a relevant or helpful answer stop replying and find something more productive to do with your time.

And to everyone else who has contributed replies that actually answer my question thank-you. It has been appreciated. I'll cross this idea off the list, hit the drawing board, and find another way to help; instead of antagonizing people with anecdotes of my "oh so successful life"!
Thanks again.

[cbg]

The best way you can help is to tell him to pull up his big boy panties and get a job.

[Dogmatique]

By "relevant and helpful", she means "Please hand both money and a "how-to" on that silver platter for me please"?

[cbg]

The bottom line is that there just isn't a whole lot of free money out there. If parents aren't paying for it and he's not willing to take student loans, then the only other option is EARNING it.

[dezzey]

Excuse me, but you know nothing about me. So you can take your money, your how-to guide, and your silver platter and shove it where the sun don't shine.
Much Appreciated, Have a WONDERFUL life!:*
End of discussion. Thank you again for those who supplied actual answers to my questions, and not your smart ass opinions.

[Dogmatique]

Better a smart ass than a dumb...well, you get it.

[cbg]

Sweetie, I don't have to know anything about you to read what you're asking. You asked the question - we gave you the answer. He can go looking for scholarships, and he might even find some. But the simple fact is, you don't get government money handed to you because you don't want to take money from other sources. You just don't. And all your smartassery isn't going to change that. His first and best option is not to wait for someone to give him money - even the majority of scholarships require that you WORK. So once again, tell Mr. Wonderful to get his ass in gear and be prepared to actually perform some labor in exchange for money. He may as well learn it now because after he gets that education no one is going to pay him money to sit on his ass either - he'll be expected to provide value in exchange for a paycheck too.