<p>....in succeeding with a non-custodial parent waiver at a top college (eg. MIT) if said non-custodial parent is rich (>$200k/year), pays his child support, but just doesn't want to pay for college?</p>
<p>EDIT: And another quick question. My non-custodial parent's income won't count into my financial aid package if I apply to a college that only requires the FAFSA and not the CSS/PROFILE, right?</p>
<p>Doubt it.
Obviously you have contact as they pay child support, but agree that if FAFSA only school, non custodial parents income will not apply</p>
<p>Crap. Are there any top private schools that won't require my dad's financial information (ie just FAFSA)?</p>
<p>well while many schools don't require PROFILE, they may have their own financial forms.
But if you can get merit aid, by application to a school where you would be in the upper %, that may make up the difference</p>
<p>Sorry, but the "does not want to pay" thing does not fly. If it did then everyone would do it.</p>
<p>There are many FAFSA only schools. Many of the state schools, NYU are FAFSA only. However, they do not tend to be as generous and do not guarantee to meet full need. THere are kids that do well at times with such schools. Friends of ours whose children have a father who refused to pay for college but had assets/income that prevented them from getting any financial aid found a number of schools with great aid, but they are not name schools that most people know. Lots of merit money went into the equation as well.</p>