allison443
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- Mar 13, 2002
When filling out paperwork and trying to get financial aid, they require the financial information of the PARENTS. It doesn't ask anywhere if the parents are actually going to pay, it is assumed they will. So the student doesn't get any nice grants or (non-merit) scholarships because her parents make "too much" money... but they aren't paying for anything so why should their finances even be looked at?
I don't know if I agree with getting married to circumvent it, but I don't agree with that system as it is. Others have made some good points about going to talk to Financial Aid at the school to see if they can work something out.
The problem is if parents could just "refuse" to pay, thus making the student eligible for grants/scholarships, wouldn't pretty much everyone refuse to pay? I would! (spoken as a parent paying full freight for my kids at college!)
The system isn't perfect or even fair at times. It is what it is.