<p>Does anyone know if the Non custodial profile info used to determine financial aid packages is broken out to reflect custodial parents ability to pay versus non-custodial's ability to pay?</p>
<p>The non-custodial Profile form captures financial information about the non-custodial parent. It is submitted separately from the custodial Profile form. How colleges compute total parent financial contribution based on custodial and non-custodial Profile forms is entirely up to the college. I’ve read threads here over the years where colleges weight the non-custodial parent’s contribution very lightly, while others might weight it 50-50. Some inform the student of each parent’s calculated contribution, while others let the student infer the total parent contribution based on the aid offered.</p>
<p>You’ll really have to direct that question to the college itself because the answer is so variable.</p>
<p>*Non Custodial Profile </p>
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<p>Does anyone know if the Non custodial profile info used to determine financial aid packages is broken out to reflect custodial parents ability to pay versus non-custodial’s ability to pay? *</p>
<p>Some have posted about this issue in the past. Some have found that the school just provides one “family contribution” without a breakdown based on each family’s income. It sounds like the majority that use NCP info do not do a breakdown.</p>
<p>A few have posted that if you ask, the school will break it down. Don’t know which schools those are or if this is really true. </p>
<p>It does seem odd that they don’t give a breakdown, since there can be huge differences in income/assets. This can be an issue when there is a difference in income, yet the wealthier side just thinks the total should be split 50/50. Either way, no method can force one side or both sides to pay anything.</p>