<p>I have been separated from my husband for a couple of years. And he lives in foreign country and he is not US citizen.
He doesn't want to help to file NCS info. Of course I didn't get any financial help from him.
What can I and should I do?</p>
<p>You will need to contact the colleges and explain your situation to them. If they are schools that use the CSS Profile, perhaps they will grant you a non-custodial waiver. You will have to provide them with documentation of your situation.</p>
<p>Some Profile schools do NOT require the non-custodial parent form.</p>
<p>If your child is applying to FAFSA only schools, the non-custodial parent is not listed at all.</p>
<p>You need to prepare for the possibility that none of the schools that require NCP info will give you a waiver. If such schools will not give a waiver, then that means that your child won’t get financial aid from those schools. </p>
<p>Since you’re not divorced from the NCP, and the separation has only been for a couple of years, the chances of getting waivers will likely be harder. Someone recently posted some wording for a college that provides NCP waivers and the divorce has to be something like 5+ years earlier with no contact. In a post awhile ago, someone mentioned a few schools that never/rarely give waivers. So, it might be good to find out which schools those are and avoid them.</p>
<p>As Thumper says, there are schools that don’t require NCP info, so you need to apply to some of those schools as well.</p>
<p>It may be a good idea for you to tell your child not to apply to too many schools that require NCP info and to explore other schools that meet need without NCP info (like Vanderbilt) and schools that will give large merit for stats. I know that this will be disappointing to your child, but it’s better to be disappointed now when other schools can be applied to than be very disappointed in the spring when no schools are affordable. </p>
<p>Good luck!! :)</p>
<p>I need to file CSS profile and the schools require NC profile.
Is it possible the school will waive NC profile?
What documents will the school ask for?</p>
<p>That’s what I expect and worry.
Thanks both of you for help.</p>
<p>One more question.
When my kid applies for schools with merit scholarship, does the school still look at our finantial aid profile for merit scholarship?</p>
<p>You need to check each college policy. Some schools do require that incoming freshman complete the financial aid application forms even for merit aid. You should be able to find that information on the college website or by calling the financial aid office at the school.</p>
<p>(and before another poster asks…I KNOW that Boston University has this requirement…other schools do as well).</p>
<p>So my question is that if the school requires CSS file even for merit aid, whether our finantial profile will affect even on merit based aid?
Sorry for all these basic questions and I appreciate all your help.</p>
<p>True merit aid is not affected by financial need. If there is a need component it should be stated in the scholarship guidelines. As thumper said, a small number of schools do require FAFSA or Profile be filed but they don’t necessarily use that info in their merit award decisions.</p>
<p>It really truly is OK for you to call the schools and ask about their policies. Don’t be afraid to do that!</p>
<p>*So my question is that if the school requires CSS file even for merit aid, *</p>
<p>If that’s required and NCP info is req’d that could pose a problem for THOSE schools.</p>
<p>However, many CSS schools don’t require NCP info and don’t require CSS or FAFSA for merit scholarship consideration.</p>
<p>What schools are you talking about?</p>
<p>*I need to file CSS profile and the schools require NC profile.
Is it possible the school will waive NC profile?
What documents will the school ask for? *</p>
<p>You don’t “need” to apply to CSS profile schools that require NCP info…that’s a choice AND a risk. It’s ok to apply to a few “just to see,” but those schools are unlikely to work out so you need to apply to schools that won’t require NCP info and might also give big merit.</p>
<p>If your child has the stats for the CSS schools that give lots of aid, then your child has the stats for other schools that will give large merit simply based on stats without any CSS profile at all.</p>
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This is true … and I get the impression this is true for the majority of schools. My second, applied to I believe 5 schools that give merit aid and none required him to submit FAFSA, CSS Profile, or apply for financial aid to be considered for merit scholarships.</p>
<p>would you mind naming the schools? I’d love to know.</p>
<p>3togo, are you sure that none of the schools required any FA filing? I didn’t find out about needing to file for my DD1 for a merit scholarship until AFTER we had accepted the slot at the school. Unless your child accepted slots at 5 schools…</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad … none of the schools to which my son applied needed any type of FA info (we actually never formally finished the FAFSA) … it is different at other schools I’m sure … he applied to Skidmore, Ithaca College, UVM, UDel, Bentley, and UMass which give merit aid and none reguired any FA info.</p>
<p>My daughter got a scholarship to U of South Carolina WELL before we filed any financial aid forms. It was based on the strength of her application. There are many schools that have awards like this. NOT all schools require the financial aid forms for merit aid consideration…but SOME DO. You just gotta check.</p>
<p>My kids applied to many schools that didn’t require FAFSA or FA paperwork for merit consideration…They got merit offers from the following without any FA paperwork filed</p>
<p>Tulane
Fordham
Alabama
Birmingham Southern
St. Louis U
Clemson
Springhill
USC
USD
USF
and, I’m forgetting some… </p>
<p>And there were many more that they could have applied to that didn’t require FA paperwork. </p>
<p>In reality, only a small number of schools require FA submittal for merit consideration.</p>
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<p>You will not get a waiver because your husband is out of the country and does not want to help file the information.</p>
<p>Has anyone ever heard of someone getting a NCP waiver when the parents are still married but separated? </p>
<p>How are taxes filed in such cases? </p>
<p>I know the rules for separated parents and FAFSA…but what are they for CSS Profile? Does CSS Profile treat separated parents like divorced parents or what?</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad happened to encounter one of the very few schools that actually require a financial disclosure for true merit aid. They’re incredibly rare, but a few do exist. You’ll have no problem avoiding them; you’ll have a hard time finding one.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, whenever somebody mentions that “some schools require financials for merit aid”, it sends a lot of people down the wrong path, and now it’s entrenched in CC mythology. Sorry for the confusion, unprepared.</p>
<p>It is quite interesting that Erin’s Dad happened to encounter one of these rarities. It’s just not helpful to keep bringing it up.</p>