<p>Cornell's financial aid app is due on the 1st and as brand new permanent residents, my family does not have any tax returns to submit. My (single parent) mother got a job soon after she got her work permit last month.</p>
<p>I'm totally lost as to what to put in the financial aid application!!</p>
<p>Somewhere on the form, it says something about attaching 'a letter of explanation' if no tax forms are attached. I've already sent off an email explaining my predicament but is there anything else I can do to make sure I don't miss this? As you can tell, without financial aid there is no way I can afford college.</p>
<p>Do you think it would be possible to maybe fax the letter of explanation along with the finan. aid app? I'm not sure how that would work since I would basically be leaving the entire app blank.</p>
<p>Any helpful response will be tremendously appreciated! Thanks in advance!</p>