<p>I know that many colleges, like BC, ask for the non-custodial parents PROFILE when being considered for financial aid...problem is, I have NO contact with my father, and my mother is the only custodial parent. How the heck am I supposed to do this?</p>
<p>If it helps, I'm applying to BC, BU, Tufts, SUNY Bing, UDel, UVA, URochester, Lehigh, Georgetown, UNotre Dame, Harvard (lol), Northeastern.</p>
<p>When you say you have NO contact with your dad, does this include receipt of child support or alimony from him? </p>
<p>If you REALLY have no (NONE) contact with your dad, you can discuss his with schools that require the non-custodial parent Profile. You would have to likely provide signed statements from reliable sources (e.g. clergymen, school counselor etc) that you really do not and have not had contact with your non-custodial parent…and that this has been the case for more than just the recent past.</p>
<p>I think you would have to also make a good faith effort to find your non-custodial parent for completion of this form.</p>
<p>Otherwise…every student with divorced parents could simply say “can’t find my non-custodial parent”. </p>
<p>I believe SUNY and UDell do not require the Profile…only the FAFSA where only your custodial parent info is required.</p>
<p>I have plenty of people that can attest to this. The child support situation is odd though. Apparently, my father must not have a job, because the unemployment service in New York pays his child support checks for two years, which is due to end in november. The unemployment department will NOT, however, let me find my father’s contact information. I’ve tried several times. My father has a long history of being a deadbeat dad, owing upwards of $40000 in child support. After unemployment ends in November (two year limit) he will once again be a deadbeat. You see, he isn’t making the payments, New York is.</p>
<p>I would probably inform the college of this, I’m sure there have been others in your position. Just talk to the dept. of financial aid and they should have some sort of protocol for that.</p>
<p>You need to make your schools aware of this situation and find out how each wants to handle this (documentation, etc).</p>
<p>To protect yourself, you need to also apply to some affordable schools that won’t need NCP info. It sounds like you have highish stats, so also apply to some schools that will give you generous merit.</p>
<p>Do you know what your FAFSA EFC is? Can your mom pay that amount? If not, that can be a problem, too.</p>
<p>I deal with students who don’t know dad on a regular basis. We are a FAFSA school, so it usually doesn’t matter. However, if mom is abusive, incarcerated, deceased, etc. dad’s info is expected. We require a dependency override form to be completed, with all relevant documentation, in order to waive the need for dad’s info. This means that we have to have documentation (from professionals is always best) attesting to the fact that dad is not in the student’s life at all. </p>
<p>You wouldn’t be asking for a dependency override, of course, but the idea is the same … you need to prove that dad is not & has not been a part of your life. You should probably start thinking about who you can ask for letters to support your case … that will lessen the stress when crunch time comes.</p>