<p>I have a S who is current undergraduate going into Sophmore year . I also have a D starting Grad school next year . In HIS FAFSA , what do I put down as amount going to college next year ??</p>
<p>Do I count her ??? Obviously her father & I will be helping her a little . </p>
<p>I think she just fills out her own FAFSA with no parent info , is that correct ??</p>
<p>Hmm...I should get my FAFSA from last year out. You are right about your grad school daughter. She will fill out her own FAFSA as an independent student and your info won't go on that at all.</p>
<p>Re: your undergrad student...I believe that you can list your grad school daughter as in college. As I recall (but remember it's been a year), it will ask you what year your grad school child is in...and you will indicate "grad school".</p>
<p>First, you need to determine whether you can include the daughter as a "household" member. If you're providing more than half of her support, regardless of where she lives, you can (include her in the answer to "Number in parents' household" question.</p>
<p>THEN, the next question is "Number of college students in parents' household." If you didn't include a child in the "household" question above, you can't include her here. If you did, though, and she's going to be enrolled "at least half time in an approved program during 2007-08 that leads to a degree or certificate at a postsecondary school eligible to participate in any of the federal student aid programs" then include her as a college student for purposes of this question.</p>
<p>Thanks SBlake. Yep...went and checked. We listed DS as a member of the household because we ARE providing him more than 1/2 of his support. Then we listed him as a college student...yep...2 in college. This coming FAFSA will be our last with two in college....we think.</p>
<p>Right. So even though the kid in grad school will be filing FAFSA as an "independent," if more than half his/her support comes from the parent(s) he can be included as a family member for purposes of the younger child's FAFSA. And as a household member in college for purposes of the younger child's FAFSA. Note also that this is often different than dependent/independent for IRS tax purposes.</p>
<p>Confusing, eh?</p>
<p>Yes, very confusing . Thank you for clarifying that point of it for my undergraduate's son application for FAFSA .</p>
<p>Still stuck on D's FAFSA for graduate school . She is 22 years old in 2008 . As we paid her health insurance and all her tuition last year , she is on our 2007 TAX form ( and we are taking tuition & fees deduction too ) . BUT she hardly worked ( only work study@ school ) last year because she went abroad - on a student loan - to study the language -- so she will need our help settling into grad school .</p>
<p>Still that makes her file as an independent , right ?? Because she already she will have a BA ??</p>
<p>Yeah-- she files FAFSA as independent because Q49 asks whether she is working on a Masters or PhD, or the like, in the 08/09 school year. The answer is yes, so she files as independent by definition. How much support you provide has nothing to do with that filing status, nor does her status on your income tax forms. Nor does how much she worked, or where. Different matters entirely. </p>
<p>So the good news is that her aid will be based on her income and assets, probably pretty modest. Parent's income and assets are out of the picture. Skip Q56 - 89 dealing with parent's income and assets.</p>