Hello, I just talked to USC financial aid and they told me that if I do not have contact with my mother, and have not seen her for a length of time, I can acquire for a wavier of her information.
Basically, my mom left when I was 9, and now I am 21. I am transferring (or atleast trying to) to USC as a junior. How does this work? Do I just fill out the CSS application, then when the time comes, I write the personal statement, and I get a person to verify my statement?
Contact the USC financial aid office to find out what their specific requirements are for completing and submitting a noncustodial parent waiver for the CSS Profile.
Here is what USC requires.
“Applicants who do not have any contact with their noncustodial parent, may submit a request to the Financial Aid Office to waive submission of that parent’s financial information. The Noncustodial Parent Waiver/Appeal Form is available through the youSC portal (you.usc.edu). In addition, applicants will be required to submit a statement from a third party who can verify the student’s relationship with their noncustodial parent.
Applicants will gain access to the youSC portal after the USC Office of Admission has confirmed receipt of their Common Application and USC Writing Supplement.”
Once you fill out the waiver online, you can upload a letter from a third party. We used a letter from a family friend who has known me for 30+ years and my daughter since birth. (Some schools don’t let you use family friends but USC does).
@MSHopeful Thank you very much.
I have one more question if you do not mind. I currently am filling out the CSS application for the 2018-2019 year. How does that work then, when it asks for my mother’s information? For the CSS application they say they want my mother’s e-mail, and what not.
@CSUSMCougar The only information I was able to put down for non-custodial parent was his name. For all other questions (address, email, phone, etc.) I put “unknown.” For the schools that required a letter from me, I explained that we were never married, he left when I was pregnant, moved to AZ (we’re in CA), did not come to the hospital when she was born, was not on her birth certificate, and that she hadn’t seen or heard from him since she was 6 years old. I said the last I knew he was in AZ.