Hello,
Was wondering if my parents didn’t claim me on their tax return if I would be able to receive a Pell Grant? I live in a very toxic household, my little sister is a juvenile delinquent who has been arrested multiple times for a variety of different things and my mom is very emotionally abusive. I need to move out and living on campus is SO expensive. I don’t know what to do.
no, that won’t work.
OP, are you at least 24 years old?
Join the military?
You don’t need to live on campus. You can get a job, work full time, rent a room someplace, and attend college part time.
Move to a state where you will be considered a resident if you work full time for a year. These states include Minnesota, Utah, or New York (state) for instance. Rent a place, work, pay your rent and taxes; you can even take one or two community college classes (but NO MORE than 2 a semester or 1 a quarter or you’ll be considered a “student”, not an individual who moved to the state to work. Only individuals who move to the state to work are considered “in state”). After a year you’ll be considered a resident and will be allowed to pay the greatly reduced in-state tuition costs, plus state grants if there are any. If you take/Retake the SAT or ACT you’ll be eligible for the same merit scholarships as the state’s residents.
If you have very high test scores, there are “full ride” scholarships that pay for tuition, room, and board. What are your test scores?
I think Missouri and Kentucky make it easy to establish residency for instate rates.
ALL states allow legal adults to become residents with less than a year of living and working there. You can vote, check out library books, buy an instate fishing license. The question is can that resident, who is under 24, be a resident for tuition purposes. You need to check those requirements very carefully, and what financial aid you might qualify for.
I don’t thin Utah or Missouri car eif you are a full time OOS full time student the first year as long as you meet the other requirements (living there for a full year). Just check the requirements for the state you are interested in.
Yes, qualifying for in-state residency for college is totally different from becoming a resident of a state for tax and job purposes. You not only have to check state requirements but the requirements for each college. They differ within the same state.
Should OP move to NY and is here a year, while s/he may qualify for in-state tuition (SUNY) or in city tuition at the community colleges (CUNY), if they have lived in NYC six of those 12 months, if parents are not NYS residents, they will not be eligible for NYS aid.
However, if you meet the residency requirements in city (which may require 1 year residency) and are Pell eligible, you may be eligible for ASAP which provides a tuition waiver, books and metro card
Dependency for tax purposes is not the same as dependency for financial aid.
You have to use your parents income and asset info to qualify for Pell unless you are exempt. I’m trying to attach the chart. Try google for independent for financial aid, use a fafsa link or a student aid .gov site.
Oh, how old are you?