Hey all,
Just looking to cull from your collective wisdom. I am engaged and planning to begin law school in Fall '07. We are debating whether or not to get married before we move off to wherever it is I get into school. I am hoping to get some decent need-based financial aid as I am an older student, completely independent from my parents, and dirt poor. My question is, because my soon-to-be wife is not quite as poor as me, if we are married when I start school will her financial status lessen the likelihood or amount of need-based financial aid I might receive?
Financial aid and marriage? Forum
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im_blue
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Re: Financial aid and marriage?
Unless you're going to HYS, need-based aid is more or less non-existent for most law schools. Even those that give need-based aid considers a combination of merit (i.e. numbers) and need.
In any case, your wife's finances will definitely count in assessing your financial need.
In any case, your wife's finances will definitely count in assessing your financial need.
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09042014
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Re: Financial aid and marriage?
May I borrow your time machine?lawman335 wrote:Hey all,
Just looking to cull from your collective wisdom. I am engaged and planning to begin law school in Fall '07. We are debating whether or not to get married before we move off to wherever it is I get into school. I am hoping to get some decent need-based financial aid as I am an older student, completely independent from my parents, and dirt poor. My question is, because my soon-to-be wife is not quite as poor as me, if we are married when I start school will her financial status lessen the likelihood or amount of need-based financial aid I might receive?
Also like the other person said, need aid is a myth.
