<p>Okay, I'm posting for a friend who doesn't have a CC account, but needs help. Here's the situation from what I understand: My friend is in her sophomore year at NYU. Not a cheap school. Her parents aren't together. They never were, since her dad left her mom when he realized her knocked her up. He's a really successful guy living in another state with a new family. Since my friend's mom pretty much completely raised her, her dad agreed to pay for her college tuition. Well, now this guy's new wife has another bun in the over, so he's all like, Crap, I've got to be saving up for these guys. So, just now, he cut off her tuition. FAFSA deadline passed. Her mom is a social worker and definitely does not have enough dough to pay for a $50K education. The dad paid child support like a good little boy, and from what I understand he isn't required by law to do anuthing beyond that. What should my friend do?</p>
<p>Find an affordable school.</p>
<p>Bit late to transfer.</p>
<p>Talk with the financial aid office.</p>
<p>Go to the schools financial aid office and see what they can do.</p>
<p>your friend can take a year off and get her life in order. Many kids do that.</p>
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<p>Paying for college is a moral and social obligation, and unfortunately not a legal one (if mom lives in NY and got her child support agreement in NYS, she could go back to the court and petition for an upward modification which the judge/hearing examiner may change the support agreement based on the fact that the child is in college and the parent has paid). Mom needs to check the child support laws in her state as some states do allow support through college.</p>
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<p>Since this just recently happened and the the FAFSA for 2007-2008 is based on 2006 financial information, there will really be no difference in the EFC this year (however, if the father was paying child support and that support was indicated on the fafsa, student will have a lower EFC next year).</p>
<p>I agree with others since the term at NYU is not over yet and they have not done financial aid packages for continuting students yet, she could let the FA office know about her situation (but she needs to be prepared to hear that her package is not going to change much and she may end up taking out massive loans if she wants to stay).</p>