Also, I just found this on USC’s financial aid site.
http://financialaid.usc.edu/undergraduates/continuing/special-circumstances.html#/5
Is it extremely outdated? It says 26 is considered independent! I’m just a bit confused because I thought actually being 24 would make me independent and not 4 months before. I also assumed the PLUS loan application would automatically have calculated my age while my mom applied for the loan and would say I wasn’t eligible. It probably won’t work, but I definitely plan on going to USC’s financial aid office on Monday because the loan seemed to be in-process for over a month before they said I was ineligible.