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Originally posted by mortars:
RE: http://forums.military.com/money-for-school/fafsa-key-t...id?ESRC=education.nl

I think that FAFSA is very askewed. It looks at a parent's income only. Without knowing all of the expenses that a family has, it decides what amount a family can give to their child's education. I was a middle class working family, now retird. Myself and others like me paid all the bills for the states and federal government so politicians could give more to everyone else, but not to our children. I am still paying for my daughter's college, four years later. This is what FAFSA said I could afford to give, and had to give so my daughter could go to college, it made things tight and uncomfortable for my other three children. I work, pay my taxes, and made it possible for many non-workers' kids to get grants, but my own get nothing. Fix the problem it is not only the "black" mind that is terrible to waste, it is all of them. You give grants to one, you give it to all.

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Originally posted by skinman13:

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Originally posted by mortars:
RE: http://forums.military.com/money-for-school/fafsa-key-t...id?ESRC=education.nl

I think that FAFSA is very askewed. It looks at a parent's income only. Without knowing all of the expenses that a family has, it decides what amount a family can give to their child's education. I was a middle class working family, now retird. Myself and others like me paid all the bills for the states and federal government so politicians could give more to everyone else, but not to our children. I am still paying for my daughter's college, four years later. This is what FAFSA said I could afford to give, and had to give so my daughter could go to college, it made things tight and uncomfortable for my other three children. I work, pay my taxes, and made it possible for many non-workers' kids to get grants, but my own get nothing. Fix the problem it is not only the "black" mind that is terrible to waste, it is all of them. You give grants to one, you give it to all.

FASFA does not look at parent's income unless you are a dependent. They will look at your income tax documents from the previous year and eligibility will be determined solely from that.

Being an E-7 in the Marines, I will assume that you do not live with your parents and they do not claim you as a dependent. Therefore, your parents' income is not considered for financial aid.

My son is currently living at home and going to college and receiving student aid. Our income is not a factor in how much he gets. In fact, because he does not work and attends full-time, he gets a pretty decent Pell Grant and other expense cuts.

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Originally posted by aggie_swife:

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Originally posted by skinman13:

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Originally posted by mortars:
RE: http://forums.military.com/money-for-school/fafsa-key-t...id?ESRC=education.nl

I think that FAFSA is very askewed. It looks at a parent's income only. Without knowing all of the expenses that a family has, it decides what amount a family can give to their child's education. I was a middle class working family, now retird. Myself and others like me paid all the bills for the states and federal government so politicians could give more to everyone else, but not to our children. I am still paying for my daughter's college, four years later. This is what FAFSA said I could afford to give, and had to give so my daughter could go to college, it made things tight and uncomfortable for my other three children. I work, pay my taxes, and made it possible for many non-workers' kids to get grants, but my own get nothing. Fix the problem it is not only the "black" mind that is terrible to waste, it is all of them. You give grants to one, you give it to all.

FASFA does not look at parent's income unless you are a dependent. They will look at your income tax documents from the previous year and eligibility will be determined solely from that.

Being an E-7 in the Marines, I will assume that you do not live with your parents and they do not claim you as a dependent. Therefore, your parents' income is not considered for financial aid.

My son is currently living at home and going to college and receiving student aid. Our income is not a factor in how much he gets. In fact, because he does not work and attends full-time, he gets a pretty decent Pell Grant and other expense cuts.

How did you manage to get that through that he does not have to factor in your income? Was he living away from home and working for several years and then he came back? What does he do for medical?

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Originally posted by skinman13:

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Originally posted by aggie_swife:

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Originally posted by skinman13:

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Originally posted by mortars:
RE: http://forums.military.com/money-for-school/fafsa-key-t...id?ESRC=education.nl

I think that FAFSA is very askewed. It looks at a parent's income only. Without knowing all of the expenses that a family has, it decides what amount a family can give to their child's education. I was a middle class working family, now retird. Myself and others like me paid all the bills for the states and federal government so politicians could give more to everyone else, but not to our children. I am still paying for my daughter's college, four years later. This is what FAFSA said I could afford to give, and had to give so my daughter could go to college, it made things tight and uncomfortable for my other three children. I work, pay my taxes, and made it possible for many non-workers' kids to get grants, but my own get nothing. Fix the problem it is not only the "black" mind that is terrible to waste, it is all of them. You give grants to one, you give it to all.

FASFA does not look at parent's income unless you are a dependent. They will look at your income tax documents from the previous year and eligibility will be determined solely from that.

Being an E-7 in the Marines, I will assume that you do not live with your parents and they do not claim you as a dependent. Therefore, your parents' income is not considered for financial aid.

My son is currently living at home and going to college and receiving student aid. Our income is not a factor in how much he gets. In fact, because he does not work and attends full-time, he gets a pretty decent Pell Grant and other expense cuts.

How did you manage to get that through that he does not have to factor in your income? Was he living away from home and working for several years and then he came back? What does he do for medical?

I didn't manage anything. He is a Navy vet having served a full four-year enlistment and is currently in the IRR, and we do not claim him as a dependent on our income tax returns. He is living at home with us while he is getting his degree.

As a veteran during the current GWOT, he is eligible for medical services from the VA here in Houston and he has student medical insurance and goes to the UH clinic.