<p>I've chatted with the FAFSA folks and still not sure of our household size.</p>
<p>Living in our residence=me and my husband=2
Son a freshman living on campus who we fully support=1
Daughter graduated with BS in Dec 2013, starting med school in May 2014, transitioning to independent (meaning we are not paying for medical school), not sure if we will pay 50% of her living expenses or not=0 or 1? (she is not living at home and will not be when she is in medical school)</p>
<p>Not sure if our household size should be 3 or 4 for the purposes of FAFSA.</p>
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<li>Your daughter already has her BS so it is 3. Also, I am guessing she is doing her own FAFSA filing as independent. But the forms say if the child has 1 degree, she is independent.</li>
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<p>What med school starts in May? I’ve never heard of a MD school or DO school that starts in May.</p>
<p>since it sounds like your D will be filling out her own FAFSA to fund her COA (and borrowing??). She will be a Household of ONE…so she doesnt’ count on your son’s FAFSA.</p>
<p>If you are not sure that you will be providing at least 50% of your D in med school’s total support, you should not include her in the household.</p>
<p>The parents would have to be providing at least 50% of whatever the sibling’s costs are for the year. That would include tuition, room, board, medical, bills, etc. Basically, whatever the sibling would have to pay for if the parents weren’t paying (assuming there is no other person providing support to the sibling, or no programs such as food stamps or welfare - which would need to be considered the sibling’s own contribution).</p>
<p>Where ever your daughter is going to school, I think she would be considered independent in most cases, so not part of the family size on your sons FAFSA.</p>
<p>How does the summer start work?
I noticed your son also began in summer of 2013?
Do they not take summer term off then?</p>
<p>Regarding summer enrollment in Florida. My son chose to start in summer to get used to the campus with fewer people and due to the summer enrollment regulation. He had 6 college credits from high school, not enough to get out of the 9 credit hours during the summer requirement. He plans to take classes in summer of 2014 as well (it can be online). If all goes on schedule he may be able to apply for his program a full year early. With his major he is considered a ‘pre’ major until he applies between his sophomore and junior year. In his case he may be applying for the two year Junior/Senior year program during the summer of his freshman year.</p>
<p>Summer Enrollment: Pursuant to the Florida Board of Governors regulation 6.016 Summer Session Enrollment, all students entering a university in the State University System with fewer than 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours shall be required to earn a minimum of nine credit hours in one or more summer sessions at one of the state universities in Florida before graduation. </p>
<p>In the case of my daughter she had enough credits starting college that she did not need to do summer school. She did take one class, her last summer on campus and graduated a semester early. The medical school she will attend has all the incoming med students take an anatomy class on campus prior to the official start of the med school in the fall. This is my understanding of it.</p>
<p>The medical school she will attend has all the incoming med students take an anatomy class on campus prior to the official start of the med school in the fall. This is my understanding of it.</p>
<p>Interesting. Never heard of a med school doing this. Her school should be able to tell her how she can fund that. Seems strange to require this early class because it adds a few months of R&B to cover.</p>