<p>When I’m sick, I sign my notes. I’m emancipated through the school, not the state because that would have been a long and difficult process more than waiting it out. Plus, now I’m 18. My father did abuse me, which led to my moving out.</p>
<p>How do I go about filing as an independent? Will doing so help me more in getting my override, or will my results come out virtually the same? I know it’s hard to get, so I want to do everything to prove and make sure that I don’t get rejected when it’s too late (which is why I’m asking all of this over break when I have the chance).</p>
<p>I was never a ward of the court, unless maybe when I was held in the shelter during my 6 day waiting period before being held with my sister when I was first taken from my parents. No one ever told me, nor have I heard in my records, that I was a ward of the court, not even for a baby second. Additionally, do I still have to get rejected before contacting the schools? FAFSA told me that that’s what I would have to do, then contact each school individually. How will they know when I send the letters that it is for that particular reason? I’m worried about the detail work. I can get my guidance counselor to write a letter for sure because she wrote my rec letter which I told her about obstacles I’ve faced throughout high school. My Asst. Principle also knows that situation very well, as well as my roommate. I want to pick the best person to explain what’s going on, however.</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much for your words of encouragement and verbal pats on the back. As I’m sure you can see, I’m really trying despite my disadvantage, but I don’t see it as an excuse to not take it all the way.</p>