<p>Has anyone completed or gone through this procress. Not completely sure what I need to do.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You need to contact the college to see what documentation they need. Call the FA office and ask.</p>
<p>Usually, this is provided by the high school guidance counselor. You should also stop by that office and ask what is done in such situations. The form generally needs to be completed by someone in an official capacity, such as a school official, social services, church, that can vouch for the fact that the parent is not in the student’s life. Also you will likely be asked if any child support or anything has been in the picture, and for when. But as Erin’s Dad says, colleges have their own requirements for such waivers, and you should check with each one on your list and find out what is needed.</p>
<p>Just to clarify…the non-custodial WAIVER is given by each college. The documentation dealing with the absent parent can be provided by the HS guidance department, a clergyman, or someone else who would be able to attest with clarity and certainty that your non-custodial parent is out of the picture, and why.</p>
<p>The colleges will tell you what they want for documenting. Keep in mind, this is up to the schools…some may waive the NCP form and others might not.</p>
<p>Also check…because some Profile schools don’t require the NCP form.</p>
<p>Thanks Everyone… I will speak with his guidance counselor, I also have court orders which state the same, so I assume this also can be submitted as verification.</p>
<p>You have court orders that say you have NO knowledge of where this NCP is?</p>
<p>No courts orders that do not allow for visitations… thus he has not seen his father in 8 years</p>
<p>I’m not sure not having visitations is what matters. What matters is if you know where the father is and have any way to contact him. You will have to show evidence that you cannot contact the father to complete the forms. </p>
<p>If I’m wrong, I’m sure someone will correct me.</p>
<p>Is it a court order for “no contact” because of abuse or similar? If so, the schools may very well accept that.</p>
<p>Inspired59, the NCP waivers ask you to submit supporting documentation such as retraining order, divorce decree or court orders limiting contact, if you have them - and you do, but it may not replace the third party letter. Either way, that court order will be very helpful for you in the process. The guidance counselor may be able to provide that third party letter, but you will need to get the NCP waiver forms from the colleges. </p>
<p>It is not a question of whether you <em>can</em> contact the parent or not, in fact the NCP waiver assumes that there is some contact information available and asks the student to fill in any info he has for his NCP - address, email, phone, etc. and if your son knows these he should fill them in (doesn’t sound like it though). Then there’s a series of Q’s for the student asking, e.g., when his last contact was and what form it took (visit, phone call etc). It is NOT prohibitive if there is some kind of contact, like an annual letter, or even phone calls, (again, sounds like there has been really nothing at all in your case). The system is designed to evaluate each situation on a case by case basis; the student is asked to write a narrative describing the relationship with the NCP and the third party statement verifies the circumstances. As an admissions officer told us, the idea is to discover whether or not it would be reasonable to expect this parent to contribute to this child’s education. </p>
<p>Three of my children have submitted NCP waivers and we never had any issues or even requests for more information from any colleges they applied to. We got the third party statement from a friend of the family who is a LCSW and for my older kids we got a letter from the head of school they attended K-12. Two went to Cornell and one will start at Williams next fall.</p>
<p>In another thread on this subject there was a mom who had a couple kids submit NCP waivers and at least one school did ask for more documentation, but all her waivers were approved. My kids did not apply to any large schools, besides Cornell, and it was a very humane process dealing with LACs and smaller universities. In fact, at Pomona, an admissions officer said that when looking at NCP issues, they would rather grant a waiver than put a child in an uncomfortable position between two parents.
The institutional stance may not be as generous at larger or less well endowed schools but your situation seems very clear.</p>
<p>Thank you Honeybee…very clear info, and should be very helpful to anyone in this situation.</p>
<p>We completed NCP waiver requests for three schools last year. Each school had completely different requirements and two had a specific form that had to be requested. You definitely need to contact each school. Good luck!</p>
<p>I completed recently for Grinnell. A family therapist wrote a letter, I wrote a letter and filled out a form. My mom refuses to provide an address iin another state all we have is a cell phone. Several calls briefly in 2 years. Grinnell accepted and based on therapist letter said they won’t be calling mother.</p>