<p>There are some Profile schools that do not require the non-custodial parent form. However, these are not the most generous of the schools. Duke and Cornell both require the non-custodial parent form, I believe.</p>
<p>Schools that use FAFSA only will only require your mom’s info. With an income of under $20,000 a year, I believe you will have an automatic EFC of $0 (I could be wrong so hopefully someone will correct me if I am). This will get you the maximum Pell grant about $5000 and the stafford loan of $5500 for freshman, plus any state grants that you might be eligible for in your state. However the federally funded need based aid will be a drop in the bucket at schools like Cornell and Duke which require the Profile and non-custodial parent info.</p>
<p>Colleges honestly don’t care that your parent SAYS they won’t pay…the colleges care only about what they compute your parents SHOULD pay. That your parent won’t pay for college is not something the college considers. And as posted above…this is not a unique situation at all.</p>