What is the best way a relative can make a gift to a student's college cost...?

[mazewanderer]

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Curiousparent, I wouldn’t make this the school’s business. The question about how payments toward a student’s bill from a third party are treated wrt FA could be asked as a general inquiry without even saying who you are or who you’re asking for.

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<p>Yes even if the name is mentioned, it could be in general terms such as “a relative may be willing to help out but giving a small gift, we are wondering what will happen if we were to receive the gift?”</p>