<p>I'm totally freaking out. I just got this email:</p>
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During an initial review of your financial aid file, it came to our attention that your requirements are still incomplete. In order to complete you file, you will need to submit the following documents to IDOC:</p>
<p>Noncustodial spouse 2008 Federal Income Tax Return (including all schedules)</p>
<p>Noncustodial spouse w-2
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<p>First of all, I can't find anything on MIT's website or the IDOC website saying that my NCP's SPOUSE has to send her W2's/returns. Why the hell should someone I've only seen once have an obligation to help me pay for college?! And while we're at it, do Harvard and Yale require this too?</p>
<p>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!</p>
<p>And second of all, I have no clue how I'm going to get my dad to get it in (if he even agrees to). He's always on travel and we rarely see/speak to each other. </p>
<p>I just tried to call them (MIT) too. Apparently my home phone can't make long distance calls, and my brother has the cell phone and won't be back home until the finaid office closes.</p>
<p>Don't worry, MIT does not specifically says anything about non custodial parents' tax information nor does the IDOC website. However, this is REQUIRED, lilyrobin just sent her non custodial parents' tax papers.</p>
<p>But I sent my NCP's tax returns because that's what MIT's website says to send! And now they want his wife's! I can email him and tell him to get her to send them but they probably won't be sent for a couple of weeks!</p>
<p>EDIT: I just sent my aid counselor an email. Oh God, please make him send me back an email before he goes home for the day!</p>
<p>If you can't call MIT why don't you email the financial aid office and explain that it will take a little while to contact your NCP and get the information. I think they will be understanding. </p>
<p>This is a little confusing though. Did your NCP's file separate tax returns?</p>
<p>I don't know, I guess they did. I emailed MIT about it, but the office closes at 5:00. IDOC says to have everything submitted by March 1 or 2 or something like that. The point is, that's not gonna happen.</p>
<p>There is no deadline for her information. However, your file will not be
complete until the documents are received. I assure you her income will not
be taken into account when figuring an expected family contribution.
However, the tax return and w-2 are still necessary to complete your
father's portion of the analysis. Feel free to call me at the number below
with any additional questions.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Ryan P. Callahan
Assistant Director, Student Financial Aid
Student Financial Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building 11-320
Cambridge, MA 02139
P:617-258-5604
F:617-253-9859 MIT</a> - Student Financial Services
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<p>I still don't understand why her returns are needed if they don't figure into the EFC, but whatever.</p>
<p>omg! I"m worried too. I still got to send in my IDOC. but my dad and I couldn't find our mother whom we haven't been in contact for 5 years. So we sent a letter explaining our situation to MIT fin aid office. So, will MIT fin aid office consider this? I mean, I can't obvi send the IDOC to her for her to fill our her info...</p>
<p>Although I believe non-custodial parents' income isn't part of the federal EFC calculation, most of the "profile" schools require not only non-custodial parent information but non-custodial parent spouse information as well. Most of the time, the non-custodial parent's tax return will be a joint return, so the spouse's information will be included as a matter of course. But if your parent files a separate return, you get this situation.</p>
<p>I'm sure MIT and other colleges run into problems like this all the time, so it isn't necessary to freak out about it. It is necessary to deal with it. You should check, but I would bet money that Harvard and Yale will require it, too, if they figure out that it's missing.</p>
<p>As for the situation where you can't find your non-custodial parent: everyone has procedures for that, too. If you really have had no contact (and no support) for years, it will probably work out, but with a lot of pain in the butt between here and there.</p>
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You should check, but I would bet money that Harvard and Yale will require it, too, if they figure out that it's missing.
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<p>They do, but since MIT told me to send it through IDOC, Harvard and Yale will get it anyway. Yale's deadline isn't until March 16 or something like that anyway, and Harvard's is tomorrow so it'll only be a little bit late. Maybe my aid offer will come a little bit after my acceptance letter. Ha ha ha. <em>giggles pathetically</em></p>
<p>I don't suppose there's any way to get my financial aid offer on the internet?</p>
<p>By the way, when you provide your non-custodial step-parent's financial information, don't forget to provide any information that may be relevant about her/his other obligations: support for children who aren't your parent's children, special needs situations, debt. I've been involved in a few child support proceedings where factors like that have been extremely important, and they should factor in to financial aid calculations, too.</p>
<p>you don't have to get them in on time, they just need them asap so they can give you an accurate fin aid estimate.</p>
<p>and congrats, if they're asking you for this info, that implies they're considering giving you fin aid and therefore they're considering accepting you =]</p>
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and congrats, if they're asking you for this info, that implies they're considering giving you fin aid and therefore they're considering accepting you =]
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...well, at least in the sense that you applied and therefore they're considering accepting you.</p>
<p>Financial aid and admissions are totally separate at MIT, and financial aid prepares a package for everyone who applies for financial aid, whether those people are eventually accepted or eventually rejected.</p>