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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:45 PM Original message |
You have to be 24 to exclude parent's income, for college financial aid. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was disowned by my father |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep. The financial aid officer told me |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. is this for state or federal aid? Is this specific to your state? |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Both. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Something similar happened with my baby sister |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. It certainly doesn't help that College costs go up every year |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. But they promise they won't raise tuition more than 10% a year |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. same thing happened to me |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, I waited until I was 24 to go to skool |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. College is over-rated |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. I thought it was that your parents could not claim you as a dependent |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, this was about 8 1/2 years ago, but it hasn't changed since then. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. No, you're right. I think it's two years n/t |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. My father stopped claiming me when I was 14 |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Was your mother claiming you as a dependent? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. My mom claimed me |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. that system is fubar |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Right. If your parents Choose not to be wealthy |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fortunately...or unfortunately... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had the same problem. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep. Hard to get a leg up, when the system is arranged in such a way |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's one of the reasons I'm not in school right now. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. How long until you're 24? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Not long. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. it is ridiculous. i never received financial assistance from my parents |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. the scions of wealth |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. I was going to dispute this, saying that I got financial aid... |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. I live in Minnesota |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That was not my experience. |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. No I wasn't |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Hmm. Your situation was parallel to mine, |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I'm going for |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I hear ya! |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Ok, I'm lost here |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. i guess the major complaint is |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:44 PM Original message |
Things must have changed then |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
32. School was a good deal cheaper then, too |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. Which is what a lot of people do, but... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. it's not a "right" |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Don't forget |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. And then there are all the jobs that require a Masters |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. in the mid/late 90s |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I doubt it's the same today. |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I know it's not |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I can't speak to others' thoughts, |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. It isn't about the right to go to college, it is the financial aid problem |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. You obviously missed the point, didn't you |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Please read my post again |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Some people whose parent's make too much for Federal get private loans |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Looking at my parents income, |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. What if you're a Veteran? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Then you fall under the tattered GI Bill and your parents income doesn't |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. One of many stupid parts of our college student aid system. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. You are considered fairly fortunate. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Most of my friends |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. i agree. its a stupid rule. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yep, my parents were inattentive to me but well heeled. |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. 22 in N.Y. - NT |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. I agree... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. Same thing happened to me. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
59. This rule does have a purpose |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. well, you have to prove it anyway. |
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