Divorced Parents + Financial Aid = I don't know

Paying for College
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<p>Hey CC,</p>

<p>I grew up in a divorced family and currently reside with my mother. Being 18 years old, my dad no longers send my mom child support for me or any other monetary aid. So the question I have is: When filing for financial aid, do I only have to include my mom's earnings? Do I also include my dad's?</p>

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<p>For schools that require FAFSA you will only have to provide your mother’s info. Private schools usually use the CSS Profile or their own forms to have a more detailed view of assets. Some of those schools require non-custodial parent info in that data. You’ll need to check with the schools you are interested in to see if they are among them.</p>

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<p>List of schools that use Profile with checkbox for requiring non-custodial info or not:</p>

<p><a href=“https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet.srv[/url]”>https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet/PXRemotePartInstitutionServlet.srv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>thanks, that helped a lot!</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that schools that use only the FAFSA typically do not meet full need and are much less generous with financial aid.</p>

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<p>^ but some do if they want to, including some on that list (Wooster and Depauw and Denison, for example)</p>

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<p>I saw that my college of preference, Duke, was on that list. Unfortunately the aid I would get with solely my mom (assuming I get admitted to Duke) is $45,000 compared to $19,000 while including my dad (using rough estimates and the net price calculator).</p>

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<p>And your dad’s not willing to contribute that, even though his existence will cost you an extra $20K or so? Have you talked to him about it?</p>

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<p>He’s pushing my older brother through Pitt now (he lives with my dad)</p>

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<p>Duke will use your dad’s income and expect a contribution from him.</p>

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<p>Well, time to go scholarship hunting haha.</p>

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<p>If you’re low income, you might try Questbridge, but I don’t know if that considers NCP info.</p>

<p>As for other private scholarships, most are small and only for freshman year, so they won’t pay for college.</p>

<p>Look for the COLLEGES that award large merit…those are for 4 years.</p>

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<p>Read through the thread on this forum “How Is Financial AId Determined?” The info given there is relevant to you right down to your first choice school.</p>