<p>Hello, I am working on my Questbridge application, but I ran into a problem that is cornering me to USC. My father, NCP, makes 200,000 annually, while my mother makes 48,000 annually. I live with my mother and two sisters. </p>
<p>Their divorce decree states that my father is NOT obligated to financially support me or my sisters after high school. As proof, I have the example of my older sister, who was accepted unable to attend UT Engineering and forced to commute to UTD. Mind you, she has a nice scholarship to UTD, but she can't afford a nearby apartment which, in theory, my father could and should easily pay for with the money he earns in one day. </p>
<p>My goal is Stanford/Columbia and Questbridge seems to be the only way to afford going there... Would they accept a written letter from my dad explaining that he will not pay for my college with a copy of the section of the divorce decree to show I expect no contribution from him? Or should I just "make him vanish"? Heh. </p>
<p>He is also remarried, has a son and two stepdaughters. We only contact him once a month for a dinner at a restaurant we normally can't afford. I don't know if that information will help, but it seems somewhat important.</p>
<p>Besides the problem of my dad, I'm fairly confident I can get accepted by the program.</p>
<p>We are in almost the exact situation. My d’s father does not see her and we barely get money for groceries and meds. She will turn 18 in January, and I am in the process of a divorce, but we won’t have a decree until November the earliest. My d will not be able to afford college at all, as I am not working right now due to illness and have been unemployed for a long time. I don’t know if it is worth filling out the app either or writing to ask them directly about our situation. Without questbridge, or some big fin aid package, we will not be able to afford college. Most states stipulate that the father only has to pay for half of a state college’s tuition, and that college does not have what my d wants to study. I empathize with you, because people think that just because someone makes that kind of money, that the family is taken care of. In our case, we are not. We’ve had to switch schools 3 times in one year, because of non-payment to the school, and the public school my d attended was so full of mold, she had to leave. In the process, theylost her grades. Our house is about to foreclose as well. I wish you great luck!</p>
<p>OP, unfortunately you are out of luck. QB and it’s partner schools will not care that your father “chooses” not to pay for your schooling. There is 0% possibility with a combined income of $248,000. If your stepmother works, her income would be included as well.</p>