<p>I was just wondering. Does it hurt/help to have divorced/seperated parents?</p>
<p>It doesn't help with admissions, if that's what you mean. Unless you can make some amazing essay out of it because as sad as it may be, divorce is commonplace in our culture. </p>
<p>It definitely helped me out in paying for school though. My mom and stepdad pay 1/3, my dad pays 1/3, and I pay 1/3. If my parents weren't divorced it would be 1/2 and 1/2. So I guess that worked out for me. For the FAFSA they only ask for the income of who you live with MOST of the time.</p>