<p>He feels since he pays child support he doesn’t have to give any more money or his financial information. He feels he is helping me by making my income seem smaller, but I told him they to seem it no matter what. And it’s worse since my grandmother (his mom) agrees with him and doesn’t want to give up his financial information.</p>
<p>Yeah, since he pays child support you really can’t say you don’t have contact.</p>
<p>Do try to make it clear to him that he doesn’t have to pay anything but his info is required or you won’t get any aid - beyond federal - at all. </p>
<p>But if he does have a high income it may not make a difference whether he fills it out or not, since at a certain level his income will disqualify you for aid, whether he wants to help or not.</p>
<p>He is right that he doesn’t “have” give money or information, but tell him it turns out that you can’t even apply for financial aid at Cornell without him submitting his info. OH! - be sure to tell him that when he submits the Profile, you and your mother can NOT access it to see his info - only the school will see it. Maybe he is worried about sharing his financial information with his ex-wife.</p>
<p>Ok so this is what I plan to do. I already emailed asistant dean Richard Keller about my problem, so ill see what he says. In the meantime ill try to convince my dad to fill out the forms, and he doesn’t think we’ll see his info he just doesn’t want to be invovled at all. If he still refuses ill just consult their financial aid department on it</p>
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<p>Icollins…if you say you have not contact with your dad, the school is going to ask for some kind of proof that this is fact. This could include letters from school counselors, clergymen, etc. do think these people are going to lie about this? I do not. </p>
<p>Further if you put that you have NO contact but the school easily determines that you DO, it is very much going to look like you falsified information for the purpose of gaining financial aid. This is considered fraud and could not only cost you any aid, but could also result in the school revoking their offer of admission. Simply put, schools frown on dishonesty…and this would be dishonest.</p>