Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA? Forum
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Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
Not sure if this has been answered before, but is there any point in filling out a FAFSA and trying to secure assistance or subsidized loans if your parents do well for themselves? Does anyone know what a rough income cutoff would be for the "don't bother applying" folks?
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
Use the estimator on FAFSA to find out.
https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e1s1
I would imagine that when your EFC hits the full COA you become ineligible for federal loans.
https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e1s1
I would imagine that when your EFC hits the full COA you become ineligible for federal loans.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
You need it for some loans too. I filled it out as an undergrad for the Direct Loans even though I didn't qualify for any grants or sub. loans.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
This is correct.albanach wrote:http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
So just to confirm - I should be able to qualify for need-based aid based on my poverty-level income even though my parents' income is high? Just doesn't seem right for some reason.albanach wrote:http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
No the federal government only provides various forms of subsidized loans in small quantities (ie. max ~$20K/yr). Your institutional aid forms will ask for parental income and you will not receive institutional need based aid (if such a thing exists) because of your parents' income.duckmoney wrote:So just to confirm - I should be able to qualify for need-based aid based on my poverty-level income even though my parents' income is high? Just doesn't seem right for some reason.albanach wrote:http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
My EFC was high (working the previous year) and it didn't matter one bit.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
If you are going into a graduate program, this qualifies you as an "independent" student, so you will not need your parents information on the fafsa. A lot of schools, however, ask you to fill out other financial aid forms to determine need based aid that you will have to put your parents info on. You should still at least qualify for stafford and grad plus loans.
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
For federal funds, this is correct.albanach wrote:http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fotw1011/help/fftoc03k.htm
You parent's income should be irrelevant for a JD.
But, a lot of schools will require you to include parent information because their own policies use parent information for need based grants. These schools will normally have some type of exception for people who are independent students for reasons other than just being in grad school and can show they have not been dependent on parental support for a long while (5 or 8 years I think for Cornell)
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Re: Parents have money - any point in filling out FAFSA?
This makes much more sense. Thanks everyone.
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