<p>my parents are divorced, and i live with my mom. my mom makes very little money, and will be the one paying for me to go to college. my dad makes a lot, and doesn't want to contribute much. </p>
<p>the noncustodial parent form shows all the colleges how much he makes. how much will they take this into account? if they tell me i have to pay full tuition because of his income, i won't be able to go and i don't know if the schools care.</p>
<p>anyone know?</p>
<p>Since you are a child of divorce, your father's income will be taken into consideration and it will most likely not be a matter of how much your father wants to pay because the school believes that he ha a social and moral obligation to contribute to the cost of your education. </p>
<p>Most school will want him to fill out the non-custodial forms and yes, his income is going to be taken into conderation for your financial aid away. If your father makes a lot of money (to the point that you will end up being a full pay) you are going to end up being stuck between a rock and a hard place. The school is pretty much believes that the cost of your education primarily lies with both of your parents.</p>
<p>Sybbie is correct. Finaid awards are based on what your parents are able to pay based on income and assets....not based on what they want to pay. If it's any consolation, there are parents who are married who do not WANT to pay for college educations for their children even though they can. If the finaid folks had to deal with those who didn't want to pay...there simply wouldn't be enough money to go around. I don't WANT to pay the college bills we have, but the reality is that I can...and that is all that the finaid departments really care about.</p>
<p>If your father has not been contributing to you at all, has basically deserted you, there is a form that your highschool counselor has that can be sent to the colleges. Otherwise, you are in the same boat as a kid with an intact family whose father refuses to pay anything.</p>
<p>my dad makes a lot, and doesn't want to contribute much.</p>
<p>Doesn't sound like the father deserted the family, it sounds as he just does not want to pay major $$ for college</p>
<p>I have heard of couples, where one makes a lot of money, getting divorced, (as a technicality), just to get around the system. And I don't see how colleges can confirm what the real facts of the situation are. Regardless of the circumstances of the divorce, i.e., compatibility or convenience, the divorce is between the adults, and not between the adult and the child.</p>
<p>I haven't just heard of that situation, I've actually seen it. I think it stinks. Why should taxpayers have to support people who just cheat the system. Some people just feel entitled to have the world support them.</p>
<p>Anyway Upsided, no-one is implying that your parents had ulterior motives getting divorced. Just that all parents should be held accountable; and pretty much that is what colleges expect too.</p>
<p>i don't mean to whore off another person's thread, but i have a question. someone mentioned that there's a form your counselor can fill out and send to colleges if your dad's abandoned you, what's it called? 'coz ya, colleges have started sending me the non-custodial forms and whatnot, but i have no idea where my biological father is. i checked off that he's still alive on my college apps just 'coz i don't know otherwise, but i haven't seen him since i was two years old. he's never paid a single child support, and when my last name was about to be changed to my step-father's, my mom put up an ad looking for my dad (so he could object or accept his kids' name change) but he never replied. what should i do? (in treating the non-custodial forms, etc.)</p>
<p>You will then have the non-custodial waiver filled out which will in most cases include a letter from your guidance counselor. Other schools asks for different things in order to obtain an non-custodial waiver. My suggestion is to go to your school's website , do a search on non-custodial waivers. Hopefully you will see the school's copy of the form so you will know what information you will have to gather.</p>