<p>My parents are divorced.</p>
<p>Mom makes around 140,000.</p>
<p>Dad makes around 50,000.</p>
<p>I have been living with my dad for almost 14 months, how much will my mom's income factor into FAFSA? I'm only really worried because she does NOT want to pay for my college education at all. If it helps at all, my income s like 6,000. What do you think will happen in terms of what aid i might receive?</p>
<p>Dad's your custodial parent for financial aid purposes.</p>
<p>On FAFSA, you only include his info and income. If Mom pays child support, that gets counted as income to your Dad. Profile schools might also ask for Mom's info.</p>
<p>In the case of a FAFSA with 50K income, you're likely to be eligible for considerable need-based aid. Use one of the caluclators to get an estimate.</p>
<p>It also depends on if the college you're going to asks for the non-custodial parent's information. If so, that might lower the amount of aid you get. But if your mom makes it clear that she's not paying for anything, the college might take that into account as well.</p>
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But if your mom makes it clear that she's not paying for anything, the college might take that into account as well.
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Generally, that's not true. Schools that require the non-custodial parent's information look at what the parent can contribute (according to their calculations), not what the parent wants to or will contribute. Otherwise, every non-custodial parent (and every custodial parent, for that matter) could say, "Sorry. Not paying."</p>
<p>well, that's what I thought, but Wash U asked my non-custodial parent how much they "intended" to contribute and also if there was an agreement between the parents on how much they would pay. So it must make some sort of difference. Although probably not with most schools, you're right.</p>
<p>Those questions (how much the non-custodial parent "intends" to contribute and if there is an agreement in place) are questions on the Profile form. Santa Clara University asked the same questions; they're one of the Profile schools that don't require the non-custodial form to be filled out. Presumably the answers factor into Profile schools' financial aid calculations. </p>
<p>It would be interesting to know if those questions are standard on Profile forms for schools that do require non-custodial forms to be filled out.</p>
<p>Yeah, I did Wash U's personal supplement/non-custodial (instead of profile) because it was free and they specifically asked that.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>It also depends on if the college you're going to asks for the non-custodial parent's information. >></p> </blockquote>
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<p>There is no non-custodial parent information on the FAFSA. But as the OP noted, there IS non-custodial parent info requested on school financial aid application forms (like for WashU) and on the non-custodial parent Profile (if required).</p>
<p>When the schools require this information it IS used for financial aid calculations. As noted above, "not being willing to contribute" is not a criteria that is considered by the colleges. Think about it...if that were the case for need based aid, most parents would simply say "I'm not going to pay". That's not how it works.</p>
<p>The mom's $140,000 income will be taken into consideration somehow by WashU.</p>
<p>"mom" is stomping her feet right now, saying that she won't help with college; give her time and love. My guess is that you hurt her feelings by moving in with Dad. Mend fences. Kiss and make up. Being nice to Mom$ will translate directly into college money.</p>
<p>Your action of abandoning your mother has consequences. But your actions starting now can fix the hurt. </p>
<p>If she is smart enough to make $120k/year, she is smart enough to know the value of college. Give her an emotional reason to change her mind.</p>
<p>""mom" is stomping her feet right now, saying that she won't help with college; give her time and love. My guess is that you hurt her feelings by moving in with Dad. Mend fences. Kiss and make up. Being nice to Mom$ will translate directly into college money.</p>
<p>Your action of abandoning your mother has consequences. But your actions starting now can fix the hurt. "</p>
<p>I didn't leave her to live with my Dad, she asked me to leave. I don't know all of the reasons. My brother still lives with her and she pays for EVERYTHING concerning him. Free car, insurance, college fund. I have given her emotional reasons. and she hasn't caved at all. Any thing else i could possibly do?</p>
<p>So if she doesn't contribute, I really hope i get some fin. aid.</p>
<p>Apply to FAFSA only schools that don't ask for noncustodial parent info.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to hear your mom asked you to leave. That sucks. (based on your few posts I'm sure you didn't do anything that would have precipitated her action)</p>