<p>Howdy y'all! I recently got accepted to Davis, and was reviewing my financial aid. When filling out my FAFSA, I was forced to claim a large sum of money that my mom withdrew from my deceased father's IRA as income! How absurd! So, anyway, that money is NOT really income for ME! I live in California! My mom lives in Illinois, and most of the money was withdrawn to pay for my sister to attend a private school in Wisconsin!</p>
<p>Anyway, my Family Contribution on both the Davis and the UCLA Financial Aid website's are much higher than what i can realistically expect to have given to me by my single mother! She works a basically minimum wage job serving lunches at a Middle School(Not to knock her, just to give you an insight of how very broke we all are! >_<!) and I've been recently been laid off, but both schools still have a total combined Family Contribution of over $12,000! =[</p>
<p>So, my question to you all is this: When I went to my CC, they had me fill out an Income Distribution Form, which adjusted my income to the appropriate levels and got me the aid I needed(I'm not a freeloader, I swear!). ANYWAY! What I was wondering, is is there a form I can fill out for the UC's that would have a similar effect on the status of my aid!? This is seriously stressing me out, because I'm not sure I can afford $12,000 this year! =[ Any help or information any of you might have would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! =D</p>