<p>dodgersmom you only quoted part of my text. As I said to the OP, she should review the schools’ websites. However it remains true that for the schools in the list below where “No” is indicated in the non-custodial parent column, it means that as far as CSS knows the non-custodial financial information is not required for that school. This is true for the majority of CSS Profile schools.</p>
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<p>Keep in mind that Northeastern requires both the custodial and the non custodial profile. even with a full NMS, you will most likely have an EFC based on the income and assets of both of your parents. Will this be doable for your mom?</p>
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<p>Sorry, I have to agree with dodgersmom on this.</p>
<p>the challenge with the list from the college board is that many of the schools listed for not requiring the non custodial profile</p>
<p>are schools that don’t meet 100% demonstrated need</p>
<p>Are Grad programs Ex. Dartmouth Thayer school of Engineering (even though undergrads take courses at Thayer who are in the engineering program</p>
<p>Some schools ask for their own form ex. College of the Holy Cross, Bucknell, Franklin & Marshall (Colby who requires them later in the process)</p>
<p>I think the “you” in dogersmom’s post was referring to the OP, not to my post, although perhaps she can clarify.</p>
<p>If the OP is looking at Case Western, for example, it’s a Profile school that doesn’t require the non-custodial form.</p>
<p>At Northeastern, if I got a full-tuition scholarship and still had to pay for housing/books, there would be about $4,000 per year she couldn’t pay, assuming I didn’t get any financial aid on the remaining cost. Is that a lot? I’ll probably work during college too.</p>
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<p>the cost of attendance at Northeastern is as follows:</p>
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<p>Should you receive a full tuition scholarship, you will need $14,516 to cover room, board and fees.</p>
<p>You will need additional funds for books, transportation</p>
<p>You as a student minimally will be eligible for a $5500 direct loan (and any other federal aid you are eligible for when your mom files the FAFSA)</p>
<p>To the OP…you need to check with Case Western to see if they gather non-custodial parent info via their own form. There are schools that do NOT require the NCP Profile, but DO get this information using a school generated form.</p>
<p>Also, CWRU does not guarantee to meet full need.</p>
<p>Question: how do you get the Net Price Calculator to not include housing, when it doesn’t actually ask whether you plan to live on campus? Or how do you figure out your EFC without including the housing costs after you get the results?
Do I just apply the estimated grant/gift aid to the tuition cost, or would it be different?</p>
<p>Another question: how does custody work for financial aid purposes?
I’ve heard the “whoever you’ve lived with the most for the past six months” thing, and that worries me because I live with my father and my mother lives somewhere else. (It’s sort of a strange situation…I live in the same house as my father, or at least my address says I do because it never got changed, but only my mother supports me financially.)</p>
<p>For FAFSA purposes, the parent with whom you reside greater than 50% of the time for your FAFSA YEAR (not six months) is your custodial parent. If you live with your dad greater than 50 % of the time, he is your custodial parent and it does not matter how much your mom pays to support you.</p>
<p>If you reside equally with each parent, then the parent who provides the majority of your support is your custodial parent.</p>
<p>So…if you are filing a 2013-2014 FAFSA, the tax year you would use would be 2013. The parent with whom you reside the most in 2013 would be your custodial parent.</p>
<p>Please do not confuse tax filing status, and financial,aid filing status. It is very possible that your mom declares you as a dependent on her taxes IF she provides the bulk of your support. BUT if you actually reside more with your dad, HE is your custodial parent for financial aid purposes on the FAFSA.</p>
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<p>Most colleges require you to live on campus your freshman year unless you live within a local commuting distance. That could be the reason why room and board is showing up.</p>
<p>You also need to check the college website for the cost of attendance. At some schools (believe it or not) the price for on campus students is the same as for those who live off campus.</p>
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<p>I might, for Case Western. (I called the admissions office and my situation might allow me to live off campus, but they’re not 100% sure…when I’m in Cleveland I live with my cousin and not my parents, and I will have lived with her for a year before matriculating. I’m not sure how they determine who is your parent/legal guardian when you’re not a minor, or how you can have that changed after you turn 18. But it probably has something to do with who’s paying them, in which case I’d have to live on-campus for the first two years.)
There’s about a $10,000 difference between the on-campus cost and the commuter cost, according to their website.
Grant/gift aid would be mostly merit aid in my case, with maybe a negligible amount of need-based…would I just subtract that from the commuter COA, or would they give me less money if they knew I was going to commute?</p>
<p>And at Ohio State I’d stay on campus for the first year like they require and then live off-campus with relatives.
At Northeastern I’d stay on campus all four years, unless there are apartments to be had for cheaper than $14,000 a year, and I kind of doubt it in Boston.</p>
<p>Which NPC are you asking about that doesn’t ask for housing arrangements? All 3 schools you’ve mentioned do ask that.</p>
<p>Your legal guardianship has NOTHING to do with who is paying the college (anyone can do that) or how long you live with someone.</p>
<p>If you are an undergrad student, your permanent residence is that of your PARENTS, and living with your cousin for over a year will likely NOT change that.</p>
<p>Is there any way to change your permanent residence? I guess there probably isn’t, because then out-of-state people would get to pay in-state tuition at state schools. (I can tell you’re all sighing in exasperation…I’m sorry. And when I Google it, all I get is stuff referring to permanent residence for non-citizens.)</p>
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<p>You’re going to need to explain, and probably include some exact dates (e.g. “from September to December,” and so forth).</p>
<p>From FAFSA:</p>
<p>If your parents are divorced or separated, answer the questions about
the parent you lived with more during the past 12 months. (If you did
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<p>So, assume that you’ll be filing FAFSA in January, what’s the breakdown of your living arrangements for the 12 months of 2013? For example, if you lived with your cousins for nine months, and with your dad for three months, then your dad is going to be your custodial parent for FAFSA purposes. If you spent all 12 months (every single day!!!) at your cousins’, then it would be your mom, 'cause she provided support. If you spent 11 1/2 months with your cousins, and two weeks with your dad, then it’s your dad. And so forth . . .</p>
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<p>Sure, that’s possible . . . just not any time soon. It can take a year (or more!) to establish residence in another state, during which time you generally have to be fully self-supporting. The rules vary from state to state. Wyoming, for example, is pretty easy. California . . . not!</p>
<p>If both your parents live in Ohio and it’s your plan to attend college as soon as you graduate from high school, changing your state of residence is not an option.</p>
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<p>Then it’ll be my dad, I guess, because I failed to change my address before it was too late. So I get very little need-based aid.
Can this change from year to year? Could my mom be my custodial parent during the last three years even if she isn’t in the first year?</p>
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<p>I’m not asking about changing states, if it makes a difference.
I’m referring to a private college that requires you to live on-campus in the first two years unless your permanent residence is within a certain number of miles.
(Unless “permanent residence” actually refers to your state, in which case my last sentence was incoherent and I’m using the wrong term.)</p>
<p>Yes, your custodial parent can change while you’re at college.</p>
<p>But I’m confused by your statement that you “failed to change your address.” It’s not your mailing address that matters . . . it’s where you actually slept each night.</p>
<p>Also, see my post #38 about your state of residence.</p>