Question about living independently and financial aid?

Anibal Katayama: Having to report your parents info on your fafsa has nothing to do with living independently or who claims you (or not) on their tax returns. When you reapply as a jr or soph or senior (and if you have to report your parent info) depends on your answers to the Dept of Education's 13 dependency status questions. Until you can answer YES to one of them, you MUST report the folks income on your fafsa. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1112/help/fftoc02k.htmand by the way..."(since most college students are making very little on their own), and still receive help for paying off loans from their parents?"- most college students actually DO have jobs and federal STUDENT loans do not need to be repaid while the students are in school so the parents don't pay them.Read this book cover to cover, it will help you.http://www.edpubs.gov/document/EN0913P.pdf...Show more

Tyree Allenbrand: If you are married, have a child, are over 24, or were in foster care you are co! nsidered independent. However schools can make exceptions. It's rare and you have to have a really good reason for your parents not being able to take care of you and you have to prove that it is true. But when you are a sophomore you usually get a little more financial aid than you did as a freshman anyways as long as you have a good academic standing....Show more

Chet Nozick: I think you should go for The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is a grant that is awarded to students in need of financial aid. It is a type of federal grant that is awarded college undergraduate program students and does not need to be repaid. A student awarded with the FSEOG is given anything between $100.00 and $4,000.00 per year depending on the gravity of the person’s financial aid need.

Clare Hoard: You are considered dependent for financial aid purposes until you are 24, get married, have a child, join the army or earn a bachelor's degree. Simply moving! out and living on your own does not make you independent for ! financial aid.