<p>Does this mean I'm required to fill in the noncustodial parent form? There's not much information I can provide about my mother because she only depends on my father's income.</p>
<p>Does your state have common law marriage rules? Usually in your situation, as I have seen it, each parent has his/her own income that is easily distinguishable. How are taxes filed in your family? That may be what determines the way you have to file. </p>
<p>Send a PM to Kelsmom and ask her what happens in such a case, but do include how the taxes are filed each year.</p>
<p>Both are unemployed, but the father is receiving unemployment benefits. My mother has no income and like I stated depends on my father’s income. I am applying to an out of state school so I’m not sure how that will work out.</p>
<p>Did they file taxes? That is what you need, their tax returns to file taxes. I am going to assume that your mother is the custodial parent. You will complete FAFSA on that basis. If she truly got no income, then you will have a zero EFC. </p>
<p>Be aware that OOS publics are not usually that helpful, to put it mildly, to OOS students with need. The first schools on your list should be safeties, financially and admissions wise. They build upward with other options and schools that you might be able to attend if all works out well.</p>
<p>My father filed taxes. Fafsa stated an EFC of 0. I just don’t get the noncustodial thing when both live with me in the same household(just because they never married) My father provides everything. I don’t know who would be the noncustodial parent. Apparently, my “noncustodial parent” is supposed to fill something out. Aren’t ivy league schools more generous with fin aid because those are the only oos schools I applied to.</p>
<p>You already applied? Where were you accepted? Call that school and ask. Weren’t you supposed to already have your FA forms in?</p>
<p>I don’t think you fill out a NCP form since both parents are custodial.</p>
<p>*Okay, I know this a little off topic. I am considered a dependent student because I currently live at home. My parents refuse to fill out the noncustodial profile form online and their parental assets. Therefore, I cannot do the CSS profile without their information. So, now I think I am not going to get any fin aid because of their refusal. I want to claim myself as an independent, since I do support all of my expenses but where I live. Has anyone had this happen to them??? I e-mailed cornell and told them my situation but it’s probably going to be an “oh well, too bad” response *</p>
<p>You need to call Cornell. I think you were supposed to put both parents on the regular paperwork and no NCP paperwork is needed.</p>
<p>However, if NCP paperwork is needed, why would your parents refuse since your mom has no assets does she?</p>
<p>The Ivy League schools are private. Only with public colleges does in-state/out-of-state have any meaning. So with private colleges, where one lives geographically has nothing to do with their financial aid.</p>
<p>For FAFSA purposes your father is your custodial parent. The first criterion for determining who is custodial is who you live with most of the time. If you live with both parents equally, then it’s who contributes the most financially to your support. Since you live equally with both parents, your father is then your custodial parent – for FAFSA.</p>
<p>For the CSS Profile, you would just fill out the form reporting for both parents, as though they are married and sharing a household. Check the Profile FAQ about that, but I think that’s how it will work.</p>
<p>However, how is that you’re asking this NOW? Did you get accepted anywhere? Have you not even submitted your financial aid forms yet? If so, you need to talk to those schools at which you been accepted ASAP! You are in a tight spot, if this is the case. How can you make a decision as to where you’ll attend if you don’t know what FA may be available?</p>
<p>According to collegeboard you were supposed to report both parents on your CSS Profile and list them as:</p>
<p>Answer “never married, living together” if your biological or adoptive
parents never married each other but are living together;</p>
<p>So, it sounds like you need to amend your original CSS Profile and include your mom. She has no income, but that’s fine.</p>
<p>BTW…didn’t you ask this question awhile back? Weren’t you told to include your mom on your CSS.</p>
<p>I’m taken care of in my state due to scholarships. Bright Future’s and PTK. I rather attend cornell though. I have all my paperwork in the mail. I’m just waiting for collegeboard to send me a fee waiver for the css profile through e-mail. I just sent the noncustodial waiver petition. I can’t even get a hold of cornell because they’re so busy. I e-mail but it takes days for them to respond.</p>
<p>The deadline for financial aid application materials (the FAFSA and the CSS Profile) to Cornell was Feb. 15th.</p>
<p>You don’t need a non-custodial parent waiver, you just need to submit the Profile information for both parents as “living together/never married.” You don’t have a non-custodial parent as far as the Profile is concerned.</p>
<p>The deadline for receiving deposits from students who are choosing to attend Cornell is today.</p>
<p>Do not email. You have already missed critical deadlines. Telephone, tomorrow, first thing in the morning. If you don’t get through to someone, don’t wait around for a return call – wait for an hour and try again.</p>
<p>You may have just missed the opportunity because of missing important deadlines, but it’s worth some time to see if it’s still possible to get your financial aid resolved and accept the admission offer. In the meantime, you should go ahead and deposit at your state school as a backup. You don’t want to lose that opportunity too.</p>
<p>^My tuition deposit is not due till july 1st. I’m not a freshman.</p>
<p>lavender19, </p>
<p>I take it that you are a transfer student. That means that all of your paperwork is due later than for freshmen. It’s OK to call the transfer admissions office at Cornell and ask for help communicating with the financial aid office so you can get this straightened out.</p>
<p>That’s good, Lavender. I hope it all works out for you. You should talk to them about the non-custodial parent waiver. I don’t think you actually even need that. It’s basically a request that they don’t consider the income of a noncustodial parent, but you don’t actually have a non-custodial parent – at least not as it pertains to the CSS Profile.</p>
<p>Good luck with it all.</p>