<p>Since my parents are divorced I have to fill out a custodial and noncustodial parent profile for my financial aid application. My noncustodial parent is very distant from the rest of my family so I'm going to attempt to waive my requirement to include him in my financial information. Has anyone had success doing this?</p>
<p>read this…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1499931-non-custodial-parent-statement.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1499931-non-custodial-parent-statement.html</a></p>
<p>Since you’re a transfer and you need this waiver, don’t cut ties with your current school until you know you have the needed funding for Dartmouth. </p>
<p>Did AFROTC pay for your current school? If so, do you have any financial obligation if you transfer and don’t continue? </p>
<p>when you say that your NCP is “distant”, does that mean that he hasn’t paid any support? or does that mean that he lives far away and you hardly see him?</p>
<p>Based on what you wrote, Dartmouth probably will not grant you a waiver.</p>
<p>from Dartmouth</p>
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<p>Awesome guys, great help. I’m still going to do my best to get the waiver and if I’m not successful I’m going to ask Dartmouth to contact my NCP to speed up the process of getting info from him.</p>
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<p>How in the world did this become Dartmouth’s problem??? If you have his contact info, then you should be dealing with this yourself.</p>
<p>“If we are not provided with information from both parents, you may be denied college financial aid completely. We will contact your non-custodial parent directly if you wish, and we are available to counsel you on your options if your efforts, as well as ours, are not successful. It should be reassuring to you, however, to know most situations can be resolved.”</p>
<p>I believe the above statement from Dartmouth is what makes the OP think Dartmouth may have better luck and is willing to contact the NCP.</p>
<p>Moushey, </p>
<p>You/your must make all efforts to contact your parents first and get the information from your non-custodial parent. Just because they are willing to help you in this endeavor, does not absolve you from getting the information. Why would you think that a 3rd party stepping in is going to speed up the process. If your dad is unwilling to provide the information when you ask, what makes you think, that just because the school calls that his position will suddenly change?</p>
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<p>Moushey, I apologize for my hasty response. I was not aware that Dartmouth makes such an offer. It’s quite generous and, if you think it would help, then absolutely take them up on it!</p>
<p>And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if getting a call or email from Dartmouth directly might get a more favorable response than another request from you. They’ll be able to tell him, “This is what we need, this is what we use it for, and we never pass the information along to ANYONE else!” Yes, you can tell him the same thing . . . but it’ll be more convincing coming directly from someone in the fA office.</p>
<p>While I think it’s nice that D offers to contact the NCP for the student, that seems rather odd and unproductive if the NCP has ignored his own child’s requests. I can’t imagine that the school would be able to convince a hesitant NCP except to say, “this doesn’t obligate you to pay and your exspouse won’t know your details.” And, what good does that do? Unless the NCP is low income, his income will have an expected contribution and unless the CP is willing to cover her contribution and his contribution, the school will be unaffordable. </p>
<p>i also question D’s claim that most of the time these issues are resolved unless they mean something else.</p>
<p>Since it’s already May and the NCP hasn’t yet been part of the process, it seems rather late in the game. I hope that the student hasn’t cut ties with his current school because he may get bad news from D in a month or two.</p>
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<p>I suspect what they mean is that they’re able to get the info from the NCP. Getting payment is a different matter entirely - and not Dartmouth’s problem.</p>
<p>And I really do believe that a reticent NCP is more likely to believe an adult who says, “We’ll keep your info confidential,” than his 17-year old daughter saying the same thing. Really, when it comes to his personal finances, why should he take his teenager’s word for it?</p>
<p>Sorry, I love my teenaged kid . . . but he doesn’t always listen, often reads emails hastily instead of carefully, and if he came to me and said he needed my social security number for something (for example), I’d probably want to double-check that also.</p>
<p>The non-custodial parent profile is submitted by the non-custodial parent only. I don’t believe anyone else has access to it. It is not like the FAFSA where the student can log on using their PIN and see the family income. The NCP profile goes only to the school, I believe, and the student does not have access to it. (at least that is my understanding of the NCP Profile).</p>
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<p>Op was recently admitted as a transfer student</p>
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<p>I think that the issues are resolved to the extent that the information is submitted in order for an award letter to be given. At the end of the day Op and parent (s) will have to determine if the offer is a financially feasible one. (x-posted with dodgersmom)</p>
<p>Yes. I realize that the student has been recently accepted. However, if he doesn’t get his aid info until June or later and it’s not “do-able”, he may find himself without a school if he’s cut ties with his current school. That’s often a problem with transfers, pricey schools, and when money is an issue.</p>