<p>Does this student meet the new definition of independent on the FAFSA? If so, what is the reason for independent status? Schools use the Profile to award their institutional funds … they will use FAFSA for federal funding that is not campus-based (like Pell). For the FAFSA this year, you are allowed to send an incomplete FAFSA, omitting parent info even if you don’t meet the requirements of independent status … but this does NOT mean that the student WILL get a dependency override. It simply allows the FAFSA to go through without parent info. If a school decides to give a dependency override, I can’t imagine that they will require parent info on the Profile … but again, the dependency override is not guaranteed.</p>
<p>As thumper1 suggested, contact the school to discuss the situation.</p>