<p>I and a rising senior and and trying to figure out the amount of financial aid I would receive if I went to Davidson.</p>
<p>I live with my mom and 2 sisters and 1 brother, 1 sister and brother currently in college. neither of my parents went to college. My mom makes around 19,000 a year and receives 26,000 in child support a year from my dad. Other than that my dad doesnt contribute any money towards my family, but he makes 70,000 a year. Both my brother and sister pay for all of their college and receive no help from my parents because my mom cant afford to help and my dad says he "cant afford" to help. I was wondering if Davidson would be understanding to this situation or would i get bad financial aid and me expected to pay a lot because of my dads income even though he doesnt contribute. I live full time with my mom and have never lived with my dad except when he used to live with my family. Is davidson going to expect my dad to help with my cost of college? and if so, do you think if i explain the situation to them they would take his expected contribution out of the total expected contribution? I would love to attend but this flaw in the financial aid would keep me from attending. thanks for any help.</p>
<p>I would recommend contacting the financial aid office. You can explain your situation and ask them how they would deal with it. Personally, Davidson gave me the best offer out of any of the schools I applied to and so it was the easiest for me to afford. They also have a new no-loans policy where all the aid money they give you is in grant form, meaning you never have to pay it back. This is really unique and also really helpful!</p>
<p>In your situation, I think Davidson is a good choice for you. I recall a similar discussion when my D & I visited the school her senior year. (single parent family). We did not walk away with a specific $ number, but we were definately left with the impression that if you are accepted to Davidison, they will will work with you so you can attend. Agree with the above posting - contact their financial aid officer, or like we did, schedule an appointment. I beleive they are still listed as meeting 100% of need.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know that they meet 100% of aid, but they ask for the applicants to fill out a form that is about the parent you aren't living with. So my actual need would be greater because he wont help me pay for school. Would they understand the situation or would they expect me to pay the amount they expect my dad to pay?</p>
<p>Why would any college not expect a parent who can afford it to pay his or her share of a child's education? Need-based finanacial aid is for families who do not have resources, not families where one parent does not feel like shouldering financial responsibility but has the money to do so.</p>
<p>Well he doesnt pay for anything for me except the child support that he has to pay. So if a college sees that he doesnt pay for anything for me or my other siblings, I don't see how they would expect him to start helping me out. I can see that the college would think that he should help out, but I doubt they really think that he would. I find this kind of annoying because I have lived under my moms income of 19,000+child support for the past 4 years without my dads income helping out. Also, does anyone know some sort of EFC that would include the divorced parents income so I can see how much they would expect my dad to help me out so i can see if I could afford it?</p>
<p>With my parents, Davidson assigned a specific amount to each parent. One has to pay 14k and the other 16k. I guess my situation is different, though, because both my parents (even the one I'm not living with) were willing to pay.</p>