<p>after years of living in an incredibly emotionally abusive household, I finally made the decision to emancipate myself a few months ago. I am now living on my own, paying my own bills, etc.</p>
<p>basically, my question is how do people in my situation manage to afford college? my parents make about 200000 a year, so I would probably get little to no financial aid based on the FAFSA :( but I'm struggling and working full-time right now at a minimum wage job just to get by (and save for when I have to switch to part-time during the school year) </p>
<p>any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I would think that if you became fully emancipated by the time you sent out for financial aid, you would get more than if you were still dependent.</p>
<p>Perhaps you would get better results if you posted this in the financial aid section.</p>
<p>If you are completely emancipated, you would be independent. But you need to get emancipated before you are 18 and you need to have documentation from outside sources (a counselor, a judge, etc) testifying to the abuse.</p>
<p>^Is that really true or is that how you believe it works? If it really is true that sounds like a FA loophole.</p>
<p>^ It’s really true. It was changed last year. </p>
<p>[Are</a> you, or were you an emancipated minor as determined by a court in your state of legal residence?](<a href=“http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw91b.htm]Are”>http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/help/fotw91b.htm)</p>
<p>Don’t you like being a dude?</p>